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interwork

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[in-ter-wurk] / ˌɪn tərˈwɜrk /

verb (used with object)

interworked, interwrought, interworking
  1. to work or weave together; interweave.


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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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

The fourth begins from 1881 with the purchase of practically all the railways in Prussia by the government, and the introduction of a uniform system of interworking between the various state systems.

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

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

Lo, you look at Flow and Drought Interflashed and interwrought: Ended is begun, begun Ended, quick as torrents run.

From Poems — Volume 2 by George Meredith

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 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

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 Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith

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 Fiona Macleod

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