WREST - Definiția din dicționar
Traducere: română
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Wrest (?), v. t.
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1. 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
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Our country's cause,
That drew our swords, now secret
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They instantly
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2. To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.
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Thou shalt not
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Their arts of
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3. To tune with a wrest, or key. [Obs.]
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Wrest, n. 1. The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion.
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2. Active or moving power. [Obs.]
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3. A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.
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The minstrel . . . wore round his neck a silver chain, by which hung the
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4. A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined.
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