About The Word Contort
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Contort
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What's The Definition Of Contort?
[v] twist and press out of shape
Synonyms | Synonyms for Contort: deform | distort | wring Related Terms | Find terms related to Contort: bend | buckle | corkscrew | crinkle | crook | crumple | curve | distort | garble | get one wrong | get wrong | gloss | gnarl | intort | knot | meander | misapply | misapprehend | miscite | misconceive | misconstrue | misdeem | misexplain | misexplicate | misexpound | misinterpret | misjudge | misquote | misread | misrender | misshape | mistake | mistranslate | misunderstand | pervert | scallop | screw | serpentine | slink | snake | spring | squeeze | strain the sense | swirl | torture | turn | turn awry | twine | twirl | twist | twist and turn | twist the words | warp | whirl | whorl | wind | worm | wrench | wrest | wring | writhe See Also | morph | twine | twist Contort In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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