inwrought
English
Etymology
From past participle of inwork.
Adjective
inwrought (comparative more inwrought, superlative most inwrought)
- Having a design that has been worked or woven in.
- (figuratively) Fixed, established, ingrained.
- 1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume II, Book II, Chapter X, page 104
- As he had recovered his strength of body, he had recovered his self-command and the energy of his will; he had recovered the memory of all that part of his life which was closely inwrought with his emotions; and he had felt more and more constantly and painfully the uneasy sense of lost knowledge.
- 1863, George Eliot, Romola, Volume II, Book II, Chapter X, page 104
Synonyms
- (fixed, established, ingrained): See also Thesaurus:intrinsic
Translations
having a design that has been worked or woven in
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fixed, established, ingrained
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