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Definition of wrest verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wrest

verb
 
/rest/
 
/rest/
Word OriginOld English wrǣstan ‘twist, tighten’, of Germanic origin; related to Danish vriste, also to wrist.
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they wrest
 
/rest/
 
/rest/
he / she / it wrests
 
/rests/
 
/rests/
past simple wrested
 
/ˈrestɪd/
 
/ˈrestɪd/
past participle wrested
 
/ˈrestɪd/
 
/ˈrestɪd/
-ing form wresting
 
/ˈrestɪŋ/
 
/ˈrestɪŋ/
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