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† misˈwrest, v. Obs. [mis-1 1.] trans. To pervert; esp. to pervert the meaning of (a passage).
a1400Pety Job 369 in 26 Pol. Poems 133 All thys world now ys myswrest, To carpe thys, lorde, ayenst the. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 501/2 The heretikes wrested & misse construed the scripture (as we see that these heretikes much more mysse wrest it nowe). 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. lxx. 31 b, Ye see how this Text hath bin miswrested. |