interwork

[ in-ter-wurk ]

verb (used with object)

, in·ter·worked or in·ter·wrought, in·ter·work·ing.

1. to work or weave together; interweave.

verb (used without object)

, in·ter·worked or in·ter·wrought, in·ter·work·ing.

1. to act one upon the other; interact.

Word History and Origins

Origin of interwork¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; inter- + work

Example Sentences

Interwork, in-tėr-wurk′, v.i. to work together: to work intermediately.—p.adj.

From Project Gutenberg

Unless the critical and creative faculties interwork sympathetically and co�peratively, keep them separate.

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