to distort (twist) the facts

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• distort — [di stôrt′] vt. [< L distortus, pp. of distorquere, distort < dis , intens. + torquere, to twist: see TORT] 1. to twist out of shape; change the usual or normal shape, form, or appearance of 2. to misrepresent; misstate; pervert [to distort …   English World dictionary

• twist — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, probably from Middle Dutch twisten, from twist twine, discord, quarrel; akin to Old English twist (in candeltwist candlesnuffers, mæsttwist twin support for a mast), Middle English twisten to be forked, Middle… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• distort — distorter, n. distortive, adj. /di stawrt /, v.t. 1. to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers. 2. to give a false, perverted, or disproportionate meaning to; misrepresent: to distort the facts.… …   Universalium

• distort — verb Etymology: Latin distortus, past participle of distorquēre, from dis + torquēre to twist more at torture Date: 1567 transitive verb 1. to twist out of the true meaning or proportion < distorted the facts > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• distort — dis|tort [dıˈsto:t US o:rt] v [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: distortus, past participle of distorquere to twist out of shape ] 1.) [I and T] to change the appearance, sound, or shape of something so that it is strange or unclear ▪ Tall… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• The Canonization — is a poem written by metaphysical poet John Donne. First published in 1633, the poem exemplifies Donne s wit and irony [Unger, Leonard. Donne s Poetry and Modern Criticism. Henry Regnery Company, 1950. 26 30.] . It is addressed to one friend from …   Wikipedia

• distort — v.tr. 1 a put out of shape; make crooked or unshapely. b distort the appearance of, esp. by curved mirrors etc. 2 misrepresent (motives, facts, statements, etc.). Derivatives: distortedly adv. distortedness n. Etymology: L distorquere distort (as …   Useful english dictionary

• Fichte and Schilling: the Jena period — Daniel Breazeale FROM KANT TO FICHTE An observer of the German philosophical landscape of the 1790s would have surveyed a complex and confusing scene, in which individuals tended to align themselves with particular factions or “schools,”… …   History of philosophy

• List of The Bill characters (M-P) — This is a list of characters from the police drama The Bill ordered alphabetically by character surname. For a full list of characters ordered by rank, see list of The Bill characters. The characters are all police officers or civilian staff at… …   Wikipedia

• Cinema of the United Kingdom — List of British films 1888 1919 1920s 1930s 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 …   Wikipedia

• fact — n. something that is true 1) to ascertain, establish a fact 2) to check, confirm, verify a fact 3) to cite; collect, gather, marshal; present (the) facts 4) to classify; evaluate, interpret (the) facts 5) to face (the) facts 6) to distort, twist; …   Combinatory dictionary