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Webster 1913 Edition

Contort

Con-tort′

,

Verb.

T.

[L.

contortus

, p. p. of

contorquere

to twist;

con-

+

torquere

to twist. See

.]

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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Contort

CONTORT

,

Verb.

T.

[L.] TO twist together; to writhe.