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| | # {{transitive}} To [[forfeit]] (a possession, privilege, etc.); [[ruin]] (oneself) by one's own [[conduct]]. | | # {{transitive}} To [[forfeit]] (a possession, privilege, etc.); [[ruin]] (oneself) by one's own [[conduct]]. |
| | + | # {{transitive}} To [[obstruct]]; [[barricade]]; [[block]]. |
| | + | #*'''1881''', Grant Allen, ''Early Britain'': |
| | + | #*: 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. |
| | # {{transitive}} To do [[wrong]] to; [[injure]]; [[scathe]]. | | # {{transitive}} To do [[wrong]] to; [[injure]]; [[scathe]]. |
| | # {{transitive}} To [[overwork]]; [[exhaust]] with [[toil]]. | | # {{transitive}} To [[overwork]]; [[exhaust]] with [[toil]]. |
| | + | #*'''1889''', St. John's College (University of Cambridge), ''The Eagle'': |
| | + | #*: And toiling so, well-nigh '''forwrought''', She prayed full fervently; [...] |