Wrest

[rest] or [rɛst]

Definition

(verb.) obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; 'wrest the knife from his hands'; 'wrest a meaning from the old text'; 'wrest power from the old government'.

Inputed by Josiah--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting.

(v. t.) To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.

(v. t.) To tune with a wrest, or key.

(n.) The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion.

(n.) Active or moving power.

(n.) A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.

(n.) A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Twist, WRENCH.

Typist: Ludwig

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Wrench, twist, distort, writhe, pervert,[See TWIST_and_PERVERT]

Editor: Meredith

Definition

v.t to twist from by force: to twist from truth or from its natural meaning.—n. violent pulling and twisting: distortion: an instrument like a wrench for tuning the piano &c.—n. Wrest′er.

Edited by Laurence