All 4 Uses of
wrought
in
Othello, the Moor of Venice
- I therefore vouch again, That with some mixtures powerful o'er the blood, Or with some dram conjur'd to this effect, He wrought upon her.†
Scene 1.3
- Nothing at all: it is a high-wrought flood; I cannot, 'twixt the heaven and the main, Descry a sail.†
Scene 2.1 *
- I found it in my chamber; And he himself confess'd but even now That there he dropp'd it for a special purpose Which wrought to his desire.†
Scene 5.2
- —I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely, but too well; Of one not easily jealous, but, being wrought, Perplex'd in the extreme; of one whose hand, Like the base Judean, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe; of one whose subdu'd eyes, Albeit unused to the melting mood, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinal gum.†
Scene 5.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(wrought as in: wrought iron) worked -- as when iron is shaped to fit by bending or beating
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(2)
(wrought as in: the damage she has wrought) caused to happen or occurred as a consequenceThis is most typically seen in classic literature. Less commonly, the present tense, wreak, is also seen.