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English
Etymology
over- + wrest
Verb
overwrest (third-person singular simple present overwrests, present participle overwresting, simple past and past participle overwrested)
- (transitive, archaic) To wrest or force from the natural or proper position.
c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:Such ... o'erwrested seeming
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