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▪ I. † conˈtort, ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. L. contort-us pa. pple: see next.]
Twisted, contorted.
1570Levins Manip. 173 Contort, contortus.
▪ II. contort, v.|kənˈtɔːt|
[f. L. contort- ppl. stem of contorquēre, f. con- + torquēre to twist.]
1. trans. To twist, twist together or round itself; to draw awry; to distort greatly by twisting.
1622[see contorted]. c1715Cheyne (J.), Spires contorted into small spheres. 1756T. Amory Buncle (1770) I. 193 These..fleshy fibres are contorted and bound about with..spiral ramifications..of the nerves. 1846Hawthorne Mosses i. i. 10 The variety of grotesque shapes into which apple-trees contort themselves. 1852–9Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 948/1 The cord is thereby contorted into a spiral. 1855Bain Senses & Int. ii. ii. §2 (1864) 121 The features are violently contorted. 1879Lockyer Elem. Astron. iii. 79 The sedimentary rocks have been..bent, contorted, or twisted to an enormous extent.
fig.1836–7Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. (1877) I. xi. 197 Contorted from their established signification. 1864Bowen Logic vii. 192 Both halves of the reasoning are contorted.
†2. To hurl forth as a missile or argument. Obs.
c1562Abp. Parker Def. Priests Marriages 165 For it may be well verified of you that ye contort to another: He that is once ouer his shoes, forceth not afterward how deepe he wade in the myer. |
