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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Retort \Re*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retorted}; p. pr & vb
n. {Retorting}.] [L. retortus p. p. of retorquere pref. re-
re- + torquere to turn twist. See {Torsion}, and cf
{Retort}, n., 2.]
1. To bend or curve back as a retorted line
With retorted head, pruned themselves as they
floated. --Southey.
2. To throw back to reverberate; to reflect.
As when his virtues, shining upon others Heat them
and they retort that heat again To the first giver.
--Shak.
3. To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or
incivility; as to retort the charge of vanity.
And with retorted scorn his back he turned.
--Milton.
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