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unwrest

unwrest verb: to restore from a wrested or distorted state.

Verb

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

  1. (archaic, transitive) To 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 […]

Forms of unwrest

third-person singular presentunwrests
present participleunwresting
past participleunwrested
pastunwrested

Origin of unwrest

From un- + wrest.

Questions about unwrest

What does unwrest mean?
Unwrest means to restore from a wrested or distorted state.
What part of speech is unwrest?
Unwrest is a verb.
What is the past tense of unwrest?
The past tense of unwrest is unwrested.

Words near unwrest in the dictionary

  1. unwrecks
  2. unwrench
  3. unwrenched
  4. unwrenches
  5. unwrenching
  6. unwrest
  7. unwrested
  8. unwresting
  9. unwrestled
  10. unwrests
  11. unwretched

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