wrest – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of wrest

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to wrest
Participle: wrested
Gerund: wresting

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of wrest

Indicative

Present

Iwrest
youwrest
he;she;itwrests
wewrest
youwrest
theywrest

Perfect

Ihave wrested
youhave wrested
he;she;ithas wrested
wehave wrested
youhave wrested
theyhave wrested

Past

Iwrested
youwrested
he;she;itwrested
wewrested
youwrested
theywrested

Pluperfect

Ihad wrested
youhad wrested
he;she;ithad wrested
wehad wrested
youhad wrested
theyhad wrested

Future

Iwill wrest
youwill wrest
he;she;itwill wrest
wewill wrest
youwill wrest
theywill wrest

Future Perfect

Iwill have wrested
youwill have wrested
he;she;itwill have wrested
wewill have wrested
youwill have wrested
theywill have wrested

Subjunctive

Present

Iwrest
youwrest
he;she;itwrest
wewrest
youwrest
theywrest

Perfect

Ihave wrested
youhave wrested
he;she;ithave wrested
wehave wrested
youhave wrested
theyhave wrested

Imperfect

Iwrested
youwrested
he;she;itwrested
wewrested
youwrested
theywrested

Pluperfect

Ihad wrested
youhad wrested
he;she;ithad wrested
wehad wrested
youhad wrested
theyhad wrested

Conditional

Present

Iwould wrest
youwould wrest
he;she;itwould wrest
wewould wrest
youwould wrest
theywould wrest

Perfect

Iwould have wrested
youwould have wrested
he;she;itwould have wrested
wewould have wrested
youwould have wrested
theywould have wrested

Imperative

youwrest
weLet's wrest
youwrest

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam wresting
youare wresting
he;she;itis wresting
weare wresting
youare wresting
theyare wresting

Perfect

Ihave been wresting
youhave been wresting
he;she;ithas been wresting
wehave been wresting
youhave been wresting
theyhave been wresting

Past

Iwas wresting
youwere wresting
he;she;itwas wresting
wewere wresting
youwere wresting
theywere wresting

Pluperfect

Ihad been wresting
youhad been wresting
he;she;ithad been wresting
wehad been wresting
youhad been wresting
theyhad been wresting

Future

Iwill be wresting
youwill be wresting
he;she;itwill be wresting
wewill be wresting
youwill be wresting
theywill be wresting

Future Perfect

Iwill have been wresting
youwill have been wresting
he;she;itwill have been wresting
wewill have been wresting
youwill have been wresting
theywill have been wresting

Conditional

Present

Iwould be wresting
youwould be wresting
he;she;itwould be wresting
wewould be wresting
youwould be wresting
theywould be wresting

Perfect

Iwould have been wresting
youwould have been wresting
he;she;itwould have been wresting
wewould have been wresting
youwould have been wresting
theywould have been wresting

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'wrest'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'wrest'

crest, prest, rest, weest, west, wrist, aret, arrest, best, brast,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

extort
extract, exact, take, wrench

Antonyms

To distort.
form

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. wræstan "to twist, wrench," from P.Gmc. *wraistijanan (cf. O.N. reista "to bend, twist"), derivative of *wrig-, *wreik- "to turn" (see wry). Meaning "to pull, detach" (something) is recorded from 1297. Meaning "to take by force" (in ref. to power, authority, etc.) is attested from 1426.
2. From Middle English wresten, wrasten, wræsten, from Old English wrǣstan (“to twist forcibly, wrench”), from Proto-Germanic *wraistijaną, (compare Proto-Germanic *wrīhaną (“to turn, wind; to cover, envelop”), *wrīþaną (“to weave, twist”), Old Norse reista (“to bend, twist”)), from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *wreiḱ-, *wreyḱ- (“to bend, twist”), *wreyt- (“to bend”). See also writhe, wry.
3. The noun is derived from the verb. See: Proto-Germanic '*wraistijaną', Proto-Germanic '*wrīhaną'.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] who were both partially intoxicated. St. Clare and one or two others made an effort to separate them, and St. Clare received a fatal stab in the side with a bowie-knife, which he was attempting to wrest from one of them. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)