wrest
wrest
v. trans.
Take away: P. and V. σῡλᾶν, ἐξαιρεῖσθαι, βίᾳ ἐξαιρεῖσθαι; see take away.
Snatch: P. and V. ἁρπάζειν, ἀ̆ναρπάζειν, V. κᾰθαρπάζειν.
Snatch away: P. and V. ἀ̆φαρπάζειν.
Distort: P. and V. διαστρέφειν ; see distort.
v. trans.
Take away: P. and V. σῡλᾶν, ἐξαιρεῖσθαι, βίᾳ ἐξαιρεῖσθαι; see take away.
Snatch: P. and V. ἁρπάζειν, ἀ̆ναρπάζειν, V. κᾰθαρπάζειν.
Snatch away: P. and V. ἀ̆φαρπάζειν.
Distort: P. and V. διαστρέφειν ; see distort.
WREST
PROP. (vi) extorquere aliquid alicui (not ab aliquo which is correct only of extorting money corn etc.): exprimere alicui aliquid: eripere alicui aliquid: per vim auferre alicui aliquid. To wrest anything out of anybody’s hands extorquere aliquid de or ex manibus alicujus (but not de or ex aliquo); eripere de or e manibus alicujus.
Figuratively. To wrest the sense of anything aliquid perverse interpretari: to wrest the meaning of a word verbum in pejus detorquere.
PROP. (vi) extorquere aliquid alicui (not ab aliquo which is correct only of extorting money corn etc.): exprimere alicui aliquid: eripere alicui aliquid: per vim auferre alicui aliquid. To wrest anything out of anybody’s hands extorquere aliquid de or ex manibus alicujus (but not de or ex aliquo); eripere de or e manibus alicujus.
Figuratively. To wrest the sense of anything aliquid perverse interpretari: to wrest the meaning of a word verbum in pejus detorquere.