Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To distort; wrest out of proper position, relation, or semblance.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To wrest or force from the natural or proper position.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive, archaic To wrest or force from the natural or proper position.

Etymologies

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over- +‎ wrest

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