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What (who) is Wrest - definition
COUNTRY ESTATE LOCATED NEAR SILSOE, BEDFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND
Wrest Park Gardens; Wrest; Wrest Park House, Silsoe
![Lancelot "Capability" Brown]] memorial column](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lancelot Brown monument - Wrest Park - Bedfordshire, England - DSC08216.jpg?width=200 "Lancelot \"Capability\" Brown]] memorial column")
![Wrest House c.1708. This building was replaced in the 1830s, but the formal [[parterre]] elements of the garden remain from this time.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WrestHouse1708.jpg?width=200 "Wrest House c.1708. This building was replaced in the 1830s, but the formal [[parterre]] elements of the garden remain from this time.")
![Pavilion designed by [[Thomas Archer]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wrest Park, The Pavilion - geograph.org.uk - 871731.jpg?width=200 "Pavilion designed by [[Thomas Archer]]")
wrest
v. a.
1.
Twist. See wrench, v. a.
2.
Pervert, strain, turn out of its true meaning, put a violent construction on.
wrest
[r?st]
¦ verb
1. forcibly pull from a person's grasp.
take (power or control) after considerable effort or resistance.
2. archaic distort the meaning or interpretation of.
¦ noun archaic a key for tuning a harp or piano.
Origin
OE wrstan 'twist, tighten', of Gmc origin; related to wrist.
wrest
v. (d; tr.) to wrest from (to wrest power from a dictator)
Wikipedia
Wrest Park
Wrest Park is a country estate located in Silsoe, Bedfordshire, England. It comprises Wrest Park, a Grade I listed country house, and Wrest Park Gardens, also Grade I listed, formal gardens surrounding the mansion.
Examples of use of Wrest
1. Attempts to wrest back control were met with terrifying force.
2. Some writers wrestle with their muses, wrest stories from them.
3. Senate race, are working hard to wrest those two seats away.
4. The record industry has long grappled with how to wrest back control of digital music.
5. I judge Gordon Brown to be winning his struggle to wrest power from Tony Blair.