Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To work, as with thread; embroider.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
work round about;surround . - verb transitive To work, as with thread;
embroider . - verb transitive To
work over ;rework ;edit .
Etymologies
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From Middle English bewurchen, from Old English bewyrċean, bewyrcan ("to work, construct, surround with, enclose, cover, work in, insert, adorn"), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *wirkijanan (“to work”), equivalent to be- + work. Cognate with Dutch bewerken ("to work, manipulate"), German bewirken ("to bring about, effect"), Danish bevirke ("to cause"). More at be-, work.
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Arson attacks and death threats force woman priest to flee parish Terror campaign believed to bework of person with hatred of female clergy
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