Verb
To forfeit (a possession, privilege, etc.); ruin (oneself) by one's own conduct.
Usage- Archaic
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To obstruct; barricade; block.
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And Æthelwold sat within the ham, with the men that to him had bowed, and he had forwrought [obstructed] all the gates in, and said that he would either there live or there lie.
To do wrong to; injure; scathe.
Usage- Archaic
- Transitive
To overwork; exhaust with toil.
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And toiling so, well-nigh forwrought, She prayed full fervently; […]