Outwrest

Outwrest
Outwrest Out*wrest", v. t. To extort; to draw from or forth by violence. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • outwrest — outwrestˈ transitive verb (Spenser) To extort • • • Main Entry: ↑out …   Useful english dictionary

  • outwrest — verb To pull out forcibly; to yank out. my engreeued mind could find no rest, / Till that the truth thereof I did outwrest [...] …   Wiktionary

  • engrieved — adjective Hurt, grieved, pained. my engreeued mind could find no rest, / Till that the truth thereof I did outwrest [...] …   Wiktionary

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