'Contort' definitions:

Definition of 'contort'

From: WordNet
verb
Twist and press out of shape [syn: contort, deform, distort, wring]

Definition of 'Contort'

From: GCIDE
  • Contort \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. [1913 Webster]
  • The vertebral arteries are variously contorted. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
  • Kant contorted the term category from the proper meaning of attributed. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]

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