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inwrought

American  
[in-rawt] / ɪnˈrɔt /
Also enwrought

adjective

  1. worked in or closely combined with something.

  2. wrought or worked with something by way of decoration.

  3. Archaic. wrought or worked in, as a decorative pattern.


inwrought British  
/ ˌɪnˈrɔːt /

adjective

  1. worked or woven into material, esp decoratively

  2. rare blended with other things

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Etymology

Origin of inwrought

First recorded in 1630–40; in- 1 + wrought

Example Sentences

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We thank Thee more that we have his life inwrought into the very fabric of the life of the nation.

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It is inwrought within a life that heeds harmoniously, and with heroic earnestness, his own integrity, his God, his fellowman, and things immortal.

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Left to feel as it had never before felt, its own inwrought sinfulness and utter helplessness, it was borne down, crushed, only rising again to suffer anew, and again to sink.

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The Mohawks have gone from us, indeed, leaving us only a memory, all inwrought in a thick array of Indian names.

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The ground was carpeted with an inwrought tissue of living flowers, which yielded elastically to the tread, sending up continually a delicious perfume.

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