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inworn

inworn adjective: worn or worked into; inwrought.

Adjective

inworn (comparative more inworn, superlative most inworn)

  1. Worn or worked into; inwrought.
    • I perſwade me that whatever faultines was but ſuperficial to Prelaty at the beginning, is now by the juſt Judgment of God, long ſince branded and inworn into the very eſſence thereof.1642, John Milton, chapter I, in The Reason of Church-Government Urg’d against Prelaty; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […]...

Forms of inworn

comparativemore inworn
superlativemost inworn

Origin of inworn

From in- + worn.

Questions about inworn

What does inworn mean?
Inworn means worn or worked into; inwrought.
What part of speech is inworn?
Inworn is an adjective.

Words near inworn in the dictionary

  1. inworked
  2. inworking
  3. inworkings
  4. inworks
  5. inworld
  6. inworn
  7. Inworth
  8. inwound
  9. inwove
  10. inwoven
  11. inwrap

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