Both Uses of
wrought
in
The War of the Worlds
- And before we judge of them too harshly we must remember what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has wrought, not only upon animals, such as the vanished bison and the dodo, but upon its inferior races.†
Chpt 1.1
- I saw little of the mischief wrought by the Martians until I reached Wellington Street, and there I saw the red weed clambering over the buttresses of Waterloo Bridge.†
Chpt 2.9 *
Definition:
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(wrought as in: wrought iron) worked -- as when iron is shaped to fit by bending or beating