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

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 Díaz del Castillo, Bernal

“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 Gore, Charles

In some large towns the Elberfeld system of unpaid district visitors and the interworking of public and private charity is in force.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

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

From The Moral Economy by Perry, Ralph Barton

The strong bamboos his hands had felled For pillars fair the roof upheld, And rafter, beam, and lath supplied Well interwrought from side to side.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

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 Weyman, Stanley J.

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 Weyman, Stanley John

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 Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883

He had never fully realised what love he bore his comrade, his second self; how interwrought with him were all his joys and sorrows, his interests, his hopes and fears.

From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Macleod, Fiona