unwrest

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verb

To restore from a wrested or distorted state.

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Meanings

verbunwrest (third-person singular simple present unwrests, present participle unwresting, simple past and past participle unwrested)

present singular third person unwrests · participle present unwresting · participle past unwrested · past unwrested

  1. archaictransitiveTo restore from a wrested or distorted state.

    […] for that they were content somewhat to unwrest the sovereignty from the height whereunto he had strained it; which brought the state to a better proportion of harmony.

    a. 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, An Introduction to a Breviary of the History of England […]

Origin

From un- + wrest.

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unwrest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwrest

MLA

“unwrest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwrest. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unwrest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwrest.

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