outwrest en · VERB
Etymology
From out- + wrest.
Meanings
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(rare) To pull out forcibly; to yank out.
my engreeued mind could find no rest, / Till that the truth thereof I did outwrest […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outwrests | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| outwresting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outwrested | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outwrested | Tense=Past | lexicographic |