outwrestv.
/ˌaʊtˈrɛst/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈrɛst/ rare. Chiefly poetic.
transitive. To draw out or extract as with a forcible twist; to obtain or overcome by force or with effort. Also figurative.In later use perhaps influenced by outwrestle v.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > twist out or up
to wring outc1420
to wring upc1440
wrestc1450
outtwinea1500
throwa1500
outwrest1590
twine1600
screw1611
to ply out1668
wrench1726
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iv. sig. P8v My engreeued mind could find no rest, Till that the truth thereof I did out wrest.
a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 190 Let coarse bold hands, from slimy nest The bedded fish in banks out-wrest.
1937 M. A. Haley Gardener Mind 20 Enter thou a frippery thing That doth tame thy soul, which yet Shall outwrest thee in thy flesh, Loosed by the first signet, wet And pale, of beauty.
1985 Time 1 Apr. 86 Mantle had been needing a 535th home run to outwrest Jimmy Foxx for the third rung on the ladder of saints.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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