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retorting |
1 definition found 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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