Outwrest

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To pull out forcibly; to yank out. rare

    "my engreeued mind could find no rest, / Till that the truth thereof I did outwrest […]"

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"my engreeued mind could find no rest, / Till that the truth thereof I did outwrest […]"

Etymology

From out- + wrest.

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