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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Distort \Dis*tort"\, a. [L. distortus p. p. of distorquere to twist, distort; dis- + torquere to twist. See {Torsion}.] Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.] Her face was ugly and her mouth distort. --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Distort \Dis*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distorted}; p. pr & vb n. {Distorting}.] 1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as to distort the limbs, or the body. Whose face was distorted with pain. --Thackeray. 2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally. Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men. --Tillotson. 3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning. Syn: To twist; wrest; deform; pervert. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: distort v 1: make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story [syn: {falsify}, {garble}, {warp}] 2: form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" [syn: {twist}] [ant: {untwist}] 3: twist and press out of shape [syn: {contort}, {deform}, {wring}] 4: distort; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case" [syn: {color}] 5: alter the shape of something by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy" [syn: {deform}, {strain}] 6: spoil the appearance of "The vandals disfigured the statue" [syn: {disfigure}]
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