interwork

American  

[in-ter-wurk] / ˌɪn tərˈwɜrk /

verb (used with object)

interworked, interwrought, interworking

1. to work or weave together; interweave.

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verb (used without object)

interworked, interwrought, interworking

1. to act one upon the other; interact.

Etymology

Origin of interwork

First recorded in 1595–1605; inter- + work

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Example Sentences

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interworked interworking interwrought

There were alone above thirty packages of cotton stuffs, variously manufactured and interworked with variegated feathers.

From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

“His constant, careful and substantial attention to community has generated public interworking space systems that incentivize people to convene in different ways.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2024

“It’s the interworking of the whole thing” that Larson said was the point, “the way bills come through the process, the way people are able to get their Legislature to express their interest.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2020

My point is only this: he is true to both sides of an antithesis, even though the exact relationship and interworking of the twin truths is necessarily and finally obscure.

From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition by Charles Gore

The interworking of the formal and the material principles, 121.

From The Moral Economy by Ralph Barton Perry

In the formation of the idea of the arch-fiend, Satan, we can observe the interworking of several elements.

From Jewish Theology by Kaufmann Kohler

One of them threw him a coil of purple silk interwrought with gold thread, in which a running noose had been tied.

From The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series by Rafael Sabatini

The whole system of views out of which it springs, and with which it is interwrought, is a fanciful mythology, based on gratuitous assumptions, or at most on a crude glance at mere appearances.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger

The cost of many of these garments was enormous, for pearls and precious jewels were literally interwrought, and the time and labour bestowed on them was almost incredible.

From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Sutherland Menzies

Then—for with the warp of a harsh and passionate character were interwrought an odd shrewdness and some things little suspected—he resigned himself. 

From Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France by Stanley John Weyman

Then--for with the warp of a harsh and passionate character were interwrought an odd shrewdness and some things little suspected--he resigned himself.

From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Stanley J. Weyman

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