wrester

Variant of wrest

wrest definition

wrest (rest)

transitive verb

  1. to turn or twist; esp., to pull or force away violently with a twisting motion
  2. to take or extract by force; usurp; extort; wring
  3. to distort or change the true meaning, purpose, use, etc. of; pervert; twist

Etymology: ME wresten < OE wræstan, to twist violently, akin to ON reista < IE base *wer-, to turn, bend, twist > writhe

noun

the act of wresting; a twist; wrench

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