forwork verb4 •(no longer used) To forfeit (a possession, privilege, etc.); ruin (oneself) by one's own conduct. •(no longer used) To overwork; exhaust with toil.And toiling so, well-nigh forwrought, She prayed full fervently; […] — 1889 •(no longer used) To do wrong to; injure; scathe. •(no longer used) To obstruct; barricade; block.And Aethelwold sat within the ham, with the men that to him had bowed, and he had forwrought [obstructed] all the gates in, and said that he would either there live or there lie. — 1881 formsforworked · forwrought · forworking · forworks