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Writhe
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) To extort; to wring; to wrest.
(2):
(v. t.) To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.
(3):
(v. t.) To wrest; to distort; to pervert.
(4):
(v. i.) To twist or contort the body; to be distorted; as, to writhe with agony. Also used figuratively.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Writhe'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/w/writhe.html. 1828.