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Abstorted

Ab-stort′ed

,
Adj.
[As if fr.
abstort
, fr. L.
ab
,
abs
+
tortus
, p. p. of
torquere
to twist.]
Wrested away.
[Obs.]
Bailey.

Definition 2024


abstorted

abstorted

English

Adjective

abstorted (comparative more abstorted, superlative most abstorted)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Wrested away.
    • 1855, Edward Nichols Dennys, The Alpha, or first principle of the human mind:
      He has abstorted the Lightning from the clouds
    • 1850, American Vegetarian & Health Journal:
      by adopting a pure normal regimen, which strikes at the root of all quackery and causes it to die a sudden and abstorted death.