work (v.), past form wrought Old form(s): worke
persuade, urge
Ham IV.vii.62[Claudius to Laertes, of Hamlet] I will work him / To an exploit
JC I.ii.162[Brutus to Cassius] What you would work me to, I have some aim
Oth V.ii.341[Othello to Lodovico, of himself] one, not easily jealous but, being wrought, / Perplexed in the extreme
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