"unwrest" meaning in English

See unwrest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: unwrests [present, singular, third-person], unwresting [participle, present], unwrested [participle, past], unwrested [past]
Etymology: From un- + wrest. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|wrest}} un- + wrest Head templates: {{en-verb}} unwrest (third-person singular simple present unwrests, present participle unwresting, simple past and past participle unwrested)
  1. (transitive, archaic) To restore from a wrested or distorted state. Tags: archaic, transitive

Inflected forms

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