What does unwrest mean?
Unwrest means (transitive, archaic) To restore from a wrested or distorted state..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive, archaic) To restore from a wrested or distorted state..
[…] for that they were content somewhat to unwrest the sovereignty from the height whereunto he had strained it; which brought the state to a better proportion of harmony.
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Unwrest means (transitive, archaic) To restore from a wrested or distorted state..
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[…] for that they were content somewhat to unwrest the sovereignty from the height whereunto he had strained it; which brought the state to a better proportion of harmony.
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