inwrought

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"Ask, O my lord, thy want," Quoth the Servitor; and Quoth the other, "demand of thee a carpet of the primest brocade all gold-inwrought which, when unrolled and outstretched, shall extend hence to the Sultan's palace in order that the Lady Badr al-Budur may, when coming hither, pace upon it[FN#172] and not tread common earth."

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  1. adjective Worked or woven in: an inwrought design.
  2. adjective Having a decorative pattern worked or woven in.

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  • Certainly it appears more likely that the sequel will be discovered by the logical completion of the inwrought order which has been slowly unfolding from the first. —  The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
  • Out of the misty eastern cave, Where all the long and lone daylight, Thou wovest dreams of joy and fear, Which make thee terrible and dear Swift be thy flight II Wrap thy form in a mantle gray Star-inwrought! —  The Hundred Best English Poems
  • At one end of the slab in the vault her name is inwrought, 'Mumtвz-i-mahal Bвnы Bкgam', the ornament of the palace, Bвnы Bкgam, and the date of her death, 1631. —  Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official
  • So let us see to two things--first, that all our religion is worked into our life, for only so much of it as is so inwrought is our religion--and, second, that all our life is brought under the sway of motives derived from our religion: for only in proportion as it is, will it be pure and good And as regards this special virtue and prime quality of steadfastness and fixedness of purpose, you can do no good in the world without it. —  Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)
  • But another trait had become inwrought, by long habit, with every fibre of her soul--selfishness. —  A Young Girl's Wooing
 

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