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detort |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Detort \De*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detorted}; p. pr & vb n. {Detorting}.] [L. detortus p. p. of detorquere to turn away de + torquere to turn about twist: cf F. d['e]torquer, d['e]tordre.] To turn form the original or plain meaning; to pervert; to wrest. --Hammond.
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