OUTWREST

Etymology

Verb

outwrest (third-person singular simple present outwrests, present participle outwresting, simple past and past participle outwrested)

(rare) To pull out forcibly; to yank out.

Source: Wiktionary


Out*wrest", v. t.

Definition: To extort; to draw from or forth by violence. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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