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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Detorted

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Detorting

[L.

detortus

, p. p. of

detorquere

to turn away;

torquere

to turn about, twist: cf. F.

détorquer

détordre

To turn form the original or plain meaning; to pervert; to wrest.

Hammond.

Verb.

[L., to twist.] To twist; to wrest; to pervert; to turn from the original or plain meaning.

detort ‎(third-person singular simple present detorts, present participle detorting, simple past and past participle detorted)