1. (v. t.) To turn; to twist; to pull away by force\, or as if by, violent wringing or twisting.

2. (v. t.) To turn from truth; to twist from its natural or proper use or meaning by violence; to pervert; to distort.

3. (v. t.) To tune with a wrest, or key.

4. (n.) The act of wresting; a wrench; a violent twist; hence, distortion; perversion.

5. (n.) Active or moving power.

6. (n.) A key to tune a stringed instrument of music.

7. (n.) A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined.

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