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Writhe

Writhe (writhe)
v. t.(?)
Writhe
[imp. Writhed (?); p. p. Writhed, Obs. or Poetic Writhen ((?)); p. pr. *** vb. n. Writhing.] [OE. writhen, AS. wr&imacr](?)an to twist; akin
  1. To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.
    "With writhing [turning] of a pin." Chaucer.

    Then Satan first knew pain,
    And writhed him to and fro.     Milton.

    Her mouth she writhed, her forehead taught to frown. Dryden.

    His battle-writhen arms, and mighty hands. Tennyson.

  2. To wrest; to distort; to pervert.

    The reason which he yieldeth showeth the least part of his meaning to be that whereunto his words are writhed. Hooker.

  3. To extort; to wring; to wrest.
    [R.]

    The nobility hesitated not to follow the example of their sovereign in writhing money from them by every species of oppression. Sir W. Scott.

Writhe

Writhe (writhe)
v. i.
Writhe
  1. To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively.

    After every attempt, he felt that he had failed, and writhed with shame and vexation. Macaulay.













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