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Definition: Detorting
Detort
\De*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Detorted; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Detorting.] [L. detortus, p. p. of detorquere to turn
away; de + torquere to turn about, twist: cf. F.
d['e]torquer, d['e]tordre.]
To turn form the original or plain meaning; to pervert; to
wrest. --Hammond.
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