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Middle English
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wrenċan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrankijan, from Proto-Germanic *wrankijaną; equivalent to wrench (“trick”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwrɛnt͡ʃən/, /ˈwrɛnkən/, /ˈwri-/
Verb
wrenchen (third-person singular simple present wrencheth, present participle wrenchende, wrenchynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wrenched)
- To move about in pain; to writhe.
- To contort or twist; to move out of shape.
- To wrench away; to forcefully take or push.
- (rare) To stray; to deviate or cause to deviate.
- (figuratively, rare) To deflect or shed; to rid oneself of.
- (figuratively, rare) To distort or contort; to make unrecognisable.
- (figuratively, rare) To plot or plan; to devise a strategy.
Conjugation
| infinitive
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(to) wrenchen, wrenche
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present tense
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past tense
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| 1st-person singular
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wrenche
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wreynte, wrenched
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| 2nd-person singular
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wrenchest
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wreyntest, wrenchedest
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| 3rd-person singular
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wrencheth
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wreynte, wrenched
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| subjunctive singular
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wrenche
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| imperative singular
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| plural1
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wrenchen, wrenche
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wreynten, wreynte, wrencheden, wrenchede
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| imperative plural
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wrencheth, wrenche
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| participles
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wrenchynge, wrenchende
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wreynt, wrenched, ywreynt, ywrenched
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1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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