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   Distort , a. [L. distortus, p. p. of distorquere to twist, distort; dis- + torquere to twist. See Torsion.] Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.]
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   Her face was ugly and her mouth distort.
   Spenser.
   
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   Distort, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distorting.]
   To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.
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   Whose face was distorted with pain.
   Thackeray.
   
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   To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.
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   Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men.
   Tillotson.
   
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   To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.
   Syn. -- To twist; wrest; deform; pervert.
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