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# wrought

«wrought» in Mova's school dictionary: **An old past form of «work», meaning made, shaped or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective; verb (old past form of «work»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old, formal) An old past form of «work», meaning made, shaped or caused: «The storm wrought great damage.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrought/#m1)

2) In «wrought iron»: iron that has been heated and hammered into shape, used for gates, railings and fences. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrought/#m2)

3) In «wrought up» or «overwrought»: very upset, nervous or worked up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrought/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history and old books «wrought» describes what was made or caused («What hath God wrought» — the first long-distance telegraph message, 1844). In everyday life you see «wrought-iron gates». Phrases: «wrought iron», «wrought havoc» (caused great damage), «finely wrought» (skilfully made).

### examples

- The park has beautiful wrought-iron gates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrought/#x1)
- The flood wrought havoc in the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrought/#x2)
- The blacksmith wrought the iron into a horseshoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrought/#x3)
- The finely wrought silver cup was in the museum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrought/#x4)
- She was all wrought up before the concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrought/#x5)
- War wrought great changes in people's lives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrought/#x6)
- «What hath God wrought» was the first message sent by Morse code over a long line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrought/#x7)
- Our man paused when he beheld what he had wrought. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrought/#x8)

### note

Old-fashioned and formal; today we say «made» or «caused». Not the past of «wreak», though people often say «wrought havoc» and «wreaked havoc» — both are used. Pronounced RAWT, rhymes with «caught». «Wrought iron» is different from «cast iron», which is poured into moulds.

### In the corpora

- [And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they wrought.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1086/)
- [And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1145/)
- [and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.980/)
- [And the people said unto Saul: 'Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.373/)
- [And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.243/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wrought» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrought/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.