Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To distort; wrest out of proper position, relation, or semblance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To wrest or force from the natural or proper position.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, archaic To
wrest orforce from the natural or proper position.
Etymologies
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over- + wrest
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