rare. [UN-2 3, 5. Cf. OE. unwyrcan to undo; also OHG. intwurchen, -wirken, MHG. entwürken, -wirken to destroy.]
† 1. trans. To undo or detach (from something).
a. 1548. Hall, Chron. Hen. IV., 8. But his workyng vnwrought king Richard from his croune.
† 2. To spoil, mar, or destroy. Obs.–1
1587. Golding, De Mornay, xvii. 308. The punishments bewray … that wee chastise in vs, not that which God hath made or wrought in vs, but that which wee our selues haue vndone or vnwrought.
3. To release from an intertwined condition.
1634. C. Butler, Fem. Mon. (ed. 2), 92. If they light in … ded hedg, your best way is, softly to unwoork the hedg til you coom to them.
4. To undo by contrary action.
1726–. [see UNWROUGHT pa. pple.].
1909. W. Ogilvie, Whaup o’ the Rede, VII. vii.
| But thy lady mother—may God be good | |
| For her noble sake to all womanhood! | |
| Unwrought the wrong of Wat Harden’s hate | |
| With her love that led me to man’s estate. |
