All 4 Uses of
wrought
in
Macbeth
- Great business must be wrought ere noon.
p. 111.7 *wrought = worked
- My dull brain was wrought
With things forgotten.†p. 25.4
- Being unprepared,
Our will became the servant to defect;
Which else should free have wrought.†p. 51.1
- Know
That it was he, in the times past, which held you
So under fortune; which you thought had been
Our innocent self: this I made good to you
In our last conference, passed in probation with you
How you were borne in hand, how crossed, the instruments,
Who wrought with them, and all things else that might
To half a soul and to a notion crazed
Say, "Thus did Banquo."†p. 87.3
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.