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1 wrest
[rest]verbo transitivo strappare (from sb. a qcn.)* * *wrest /rɛst/n.1 strappo; tirata; torsione● (mus.) wrest block, ( di clavicembalo, di pianoforte) somiere; ( di pianoforte, anche) pancone □ (mus.) wrest pin, bischero; pirolo.(to) wrest /rɛst/v. t.1 strappare ( anche fig.); estorcere: to wrest a confession from sb., estorcere una confessione a q.2 distorcere; stiracchiare: to wrest the law to suit oneself, distorcere la legge a proprio vantaggio3 alterare; falsare; svisare; travisare: to wrest the sense of a passage, svisare il significato di un passo● (fig.) to wrest a living, guadagnarsi a stento da vivere.* * *[rest]verbo transitivo strappare (from sb. a qcn.)
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