Definition of "awork" []

• At work; in action. (adverb)

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• "Or to set them awork, and bring them up in some honest trades."
• "When you shall hear and see so many discontented persons in all places where you come, so many several grievances, unnecessary complaints, fears, suspicions, [1554] the best means to redress it is to set them awork, so to busy their minds; for the truth is, they are idle."
• "Someone is going to chime in with the difference between a work for hire and awork."