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out-wrought

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out⋅work

[v. out-wurk; n. out-wurk] verb (used with object), -worked or -wrought, -work⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to work harder, better, or faster than.
2. to work out or carry on to a conclusion; finish: a problem to be outworked in after generations.
3. Archaic. to outdo in workmanship.
–noun
4. a minor defense built or established outside the principal fortification limits.

Origin:
1200–50; ME: to complete; see out-, work


outworker, noun
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