Crossword clues for wrested
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wrest \Wrest\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrested; p. pr. & vb. n. Wresting.] [OE. wresten, AS. wr?stan; akin to wr?? a twisted band, and wr[=i]?n to twist. See Writhe.]
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To turn; to twist; esp., to twist or extort by violence; to pull of force away by, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting. ``The secret wrested from me.''
--Milton.Our country's cause, That drew our swords, now secret wrests them from our hand.
--Addison.They instantly wrested the government out of the hands of Hastings.
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To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.
Wrest once the law to your authority.
--Shak.Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor.
--Ex. xxiii. 6.Their arts of wresting, corrupting, and false interpreting the holy text.
--South. To tune with a wrest, or key. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: wrest)
Usage examples of "wrested".
These states entered into an alliance against them, and in one day wrested from them the provinces they had obtained with so much labor and expense.
They therefore resolved that the army should march to the siege of Carravaggio, hoping that Lodi would surrender, on that fortress being wrested from the enemy's hands.
But the most solid praise of Basil is drawn from the comparison of a ruined and a flourishing monarchy, that which he wrested from the dissolute Michael, and that which he bequeathed to the Mecedonian dynasty.
Perhaps the right of command which she had wrested from them outside Elemesnedene had eroded their confidence in themselves.
Together they wrested it from the hull, bearing it with them to the surface.
It was attuned to him, and like so many other magical artifacts from the dawn of the world, Crenshinibon could not be wrested from its possessor by sheer force.
She'd wrested it away from him and turned the entity into her own assassin.
The First Daughter of House Melarn looked visibly shaken at the physical loss of her home, even though Ssipriina had already wrested possession of it from her.
Without her House, her city, to invest Halisstra with absolute dominion over what she called her own—her life, her loyalties, and possessions such as Danifae—any or all of those things might be wrested away from her.
Angry now, he wrested Antony's hand out of the drawer, slammed it shut.
He reached inward, grabbed Masashi's hands and wrested the sword from him.
At his side was the sword he had wrested from Kozo Shiina's death grip in the warehouse the night before.