To force out or extract something through pressure or demands; to obtain something by persistent requests or coercion.
From Old French extorquere combined with Middle English extreat, likely influenced by extort. The word evolved in Middle English with uncertain exact etymology but relates to extraction through force.
This is an obsolete or very rare word—if you see it in an old legal document, it might mean someone was trying to 'force out' payment or information, making it a medieval ancestor of our modern 'extort!'
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