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Wrought in a rough, unfinished way; worked over coarsely.

imp. & p. p. of Seek.

See Dreadnought, above.

thinking; the exercise of the mind in any of its higher forms; reflection; cogitation. Thought can not be superadded to matter, so as in any sense to render it true that matter can become cogitative. Dr. T. Dwight.

Telepathy.

Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative; as, a man of thoughtful mind. War, horrid war, your thoughtful walks invades. Pope.

Lacking thought; careless; inconsiderate; rash; as, a thoughtless person, or act.

Brought up; educated. [Obs.] Spenser.

imp. & p. p. of Work. Alas that I was wrought [created]! Chaucer.

To childbed (in the phrase "brought abed," that is, delivered of a child). Shak.

ting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent thoughts. The persons most abhorrent from blood and treason. Burke. The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn abhorrent. Clover.

spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts. "Base and abject flatterers." Addison. "An abject liar." Macaulay. And banish hence these abject, lowly dreams. Shak.

Brought forth prematurely.

That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. [Obs.] Shak.

Capable of being thought or conceived by itself alone; unconditioned; non-relative.

cealed or hidden out of the way. [Obs.] The eternal eye whose sight discerns Abstrusest thoughts. Milton.

To endure; to abide. [Obs.] But nought that wanteth rest can long aby. Spenser.

ich a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.

rs, accompanied his march. Glover. They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. Sir P. Sidney. He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded rebels. Macaulay.

urke. "Mind and soul according well." Tennyson. According to him, every person was to be bought. Macaulay. Our zeal should be according to knowledge. Sprat.