Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WROUGHT, v. [pret. and pp. of Work. raut; Sax. worhte, the pret. and pp. of wircan, weorcan, to work.]

1. Worked; formed by work or labor; as, wrought iron.
2. Effected; performed. She hath wrought a good work upon me. – Matth. xxvi.
3. Effected; produced. He wrought the public safety. A great change was wrought in his mind. This wrought the greatest confusion in the unbelieving Jews. – Addison.
4. Used in labor. The elders of that city shall take a heifer that hath not been wrought with. – Deut. xxi.
5. Worked; driven; as, infection wrought out of the body. [Not used.] – Bacon.
6. Actuated. Vain Morat, by his own rashness wrought. – Dryden.
7. Worked; used; labored in. The mine is still wrought.
8. Formed; fitted. He that hath wrought us for the self-same thing is God. – 2 Cor. v.
9. Guided; managed. [Not used.] – Milton.
10. Agitated; disturbed. My dull brain was wrought / With things forgot. – Shak. Wrought on or upon, influenced; prevailed on. His mind was wrought upon by divine grace. Wrought to or up to, excited; inflamed. Their minds were wrought up to a violent passion. She was wrought up to the tenderest emotions of pity.