Hypertext Webster Gateway: "contort"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Contort \Con*tort"\, v. t. [L. contortus, p. p. of contorquere
to twist; con- + torquere to twist. See {Torture}.]
To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to
distort; to wrest.
The vertebral arteries are variously contorted. --Ray.
Kant contorted the term category from the proper
meaning of attributed. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
contort
v : twist and press out of shape [syn: {deform}, {distort}, {wring}]
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