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  • 1 torqueō

        torqueō (old inf. torquērier, H., Pr.), torsī, tortus, ēre    [TARC-], to turn, turn about, turn away, twist, bend, wind: cervices oculosque: ab obscenis sermonibus aurem, H.: ad sonitum vocis vestigia, V.: ferro capillos, i. e. curl, O.: stamina pollice, spin, O.: tenui praegnatem pollice fusum, Iu.: taxos in arcūs, bend, V.: tegumen torquens inmane leonis, wrapping about him, V.: cum terra circum axem se torqueat.—Poet.: torquet medios nox umida cursūs, i. e. has half-finished, V. — To whirl around, whirl, wield, brandish, fling with force, hurl: hastas lacertis: lapidem, H.: amnis torquet sonantia saxa, V.: in hunc hastam, O.: telum aurata ad tempora, V.: sibila, i. e. hiss, Pr.— To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort: quae (festinationes) cum fiant... ora torquentur: ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro, V.— To wrench on the rack, put to the rack, rack, torture: eculeo torqueri.—Fig., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct: suam naturam huc et illuc: oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas: verbo ac litterā ius omne.— To rack, torment, torture: te libidines torquent: mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit: equidem dies noctīsque torqueor: Torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat, O.: Aeacus torquet umbras, examines, Iu.— To ply, put to the test: (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, H.—Of speech, to hurl, fling: curvum sermone rotato enthymema, Iu.
    * * *
    torquere, torsi, tortus V
    turn, twist; hurl; torture; torment; bend, distort; spin, whirl; wind (round)

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  • 2 torqueo

    torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2 (archaic inf. torquerier, Hor. S. 2, 8, 67), v. a. [Gr. trepô, to turn; cf. atrekês; also Sanscr. tarkus; Gr. atraktos, a spindle; and strephô, to twist], to turn, turn about or away; to twist, bend, wind (class.; syn. converto).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    cervices oculosque,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39:

    oculum,

    to roll, distort, id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    ora,

    to twist awry, id. Off. 1, 36, 131:

    ab obscenis sermonibus aurem,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 127:

    oculos ad moenia,

    Verg. A. 4, 220:

    ad sonitum vocis vestigia,

    id. ib. 3, 669:

    serpens squamosos orbes Torquet,

    Ov. M. 3, 42; cf.

    anguis,

    Verg. G. 3, 38:

    capillos ferro,

    i. e. to curl, frizzle, Ov. A. A. 1, 505:

    stamina pollice,

    id. M. 12, 475:

    remis aquas,

    id. F. 5, 644:

    spumas,

    Verg. A. 3, 208:

    taxos in arcus,

    to bend, id. G. 2, 448:

    tegumen torquens immane leonis,

    winding about him, id. A. 7, 666:

    cum terra circum axem se convertat et torqueat,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

    torta circum bracchia vestis,

    Tac. H. 5, 22.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To whirl around, to whirl in the act of throwing, to wield, brandish, to fling with force, to hurl (mostly poet.):

    torquet nunc lapidem, nunc ingens machina tignum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 73:

    amnis torquet sonantia saxa,

    Verg. A. 6, 551:

    stuppea torquentem Balearis verbera fundae,

    id. G. 1, 309:

    jaculum in hostem,

    id. A. 10, 585; Ov. M. 12, 323: hastam in hunc, id. ib 5, 137;

    for which: hastam alicui,

    Val. Fl. 3, 193:

    telum aurata ad tempora,

    Verg. A. 12, 536:

    tela manu,

    Ov. M. 12, 99:

    valido pila lacerto,

    id. F. 2, 11:

    glebas, ramos,

    id. M. 11, 30:

    cum fulmina torquet (Juppiter),

    Verg. A. 4, 208;

    and trop.: cum Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,

    id. ib. 9, 671; cf.:

    Eurus nubes in occiduum orbem,

    Luc. 4, 63.—In prose:

    torquere amentatas hastas lacertis,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 242.—
    2.
    To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort:

    negat sibi umquam, cum oculum torsisset, duas ex lucernā flammulas esse visas,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro,

    Verg. G. 2, 247.—
    3.
    To wrench the limbs upon the rack, to put to the rack or to the torture, to rack, torture (class.):

    ita te nervo torquebo, itidem uti catapultae solent,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 12:

    eculeo torqueri,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 42:

    aliquem servilem in modum,

    Suet. Aug. 27; cf.:

    ira torquentium,

    Tac. A. 15, 57:

    servum in caput domini,

    against his master, Dig. 48, 18, 1: vinctus tortusve, [p. 1880] Suet. Aug. 40 fin. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct (a favorite expression of Cicero):

    versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere ac flectere,

    Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

    torquere et flectere imbecillitatem animorum,

    id. Leg. 1, 10, 29:

    oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

    id. Or. 16, 52:

    omnia ad suae causae commodum,

    id. Inv. 2, 14, 46:

    verbo ac litterā jus omne torqueri,

    wrested, perverted, id. Caecin. 27, 77:

    sonum,

    to inflect, Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

    cuncta tuo qui bella, pater, sub numine torques,

    Verg. A. 12, 180:

    versare sententias, et huc atque illuc torquere,

    Tac. H. 1, 85.—
    B.
    In partic. (acc. to A. 2.), to rack, torment, torture (syn.:

    ango, crucio): tuae libidines te torquent,

    Cic. Par. 2, 18:

    mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit,

    id. Pis. 37, 90: acriter nos tuae supplicationes torserunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 1:

    equidem dies noctesque torqueor,

    Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4:

    verbi controversia jam diu torquet Graeculos homines,

    id. de Or. 1, 11, 47; 3, 9, 33:

    stulti malorum memoriā torquentur,

    id. Fin. 1, 17, 57:

    sollicitudine, poenitentia, etc., torquetur mens,

    Quint. 12, 1, 7:

    invidiā vel amore vigil torquebere,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 37; Ov. H. 20, 123:

    torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,

    id. ib. 9, 36; cf. Hor. S. 2, 8, 67:

    Aeacus torquet umbras,

    holds inquisition over, Juv. 1, 9.— Transf.: (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, qs. to rack with wine, i. e. to try or test with wine, Hor. A. P. 435; so,

    vino tortus et irā,

    id. Ep. 1, 18, 38.—
    C.
    To hurl, fling (of language):

    curvum sermone rotato enthymema,

    Juv. 6, 449.—Hence, tortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, crooked, contorted, distorted.
    A.
    Lit.:

    via (labyrinthi),

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 42:

    quercus,

    i. e. a twisted oakgarland, Verg. G. 1, 349.—Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: torta, ae, f., a twisted loaf, a twist, Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 3. —
    * B.
    Trop.:

    condiciones,

    confused, complicated, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 25. — Adv.: tortē, awry, crookedly:

    torte penitusque remota,

    Lucr. 4, 305 (329).

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  • 3 dēprāvō

        dēprāvō —, ātus, āre    [de + pravus], to distort, disfigure: quaedam contra naturam depravata. —Fig., to pervert, seduce, corrupt, deprave, spoil: nil est Quin male narrando possit depravarier, T.: ut ea quae conrigere volt, depravare videatur: (Campanos) nimiae rerum omnium copiae depravabant: depravatus Pompeius invidiā, Cs.: magna pars gratiā depravata, S.: plebem consiliis, L.: solent domestici depravare.
    * * *
    depravare, depravavi, depravatus V TRANS
    distort/deform/twist, make crooked; mislead/pervert; deprave, corrupt

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  • 4 dē-torqueō

        dē-torqueō sī, tus, ēre,    to bend aside, turn off, turn away, turn, direct: ponticulum: Ora dextrā equorum, V.: lumen ab illā, O.: volnus, averted, V.: alqd in dextram partem: ad regem cursūs, V.: cervicem ad oscula, H.—To twist, distort, put out of shape: partes corporis detortae.—Of words: parce detorta, H.—Fig., to turn aside, divert, pervert: animos a virtute: quae (voluntas testium) nullo negotio flecti ac detorqueri potest: te alio pravum (i. e. ad aliud vitium), H.—To distort, misrepresent: calumniando omnia detorquendoque suspecta efficere, L.: verba prave detorta, Ta.

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  • 5 detorqueo

    dē-torquĕo, si, tum (detorsum, v. infra no. 1. A. 2.), 2, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to turn or bend aside, to turn off, turn away (class.).
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Lit.:

    ponticulum,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

    cornua (antennarum),

    Verg. A. 5, 832:

    habenas,

    id. ib. 11, 765:

    lumen ab illā,

    Ov. M. 6, 515 et saep.— Poet.:

    vulnus,

    Verg. A. 9, 746.—
    b.
    With in or ad and acc., to turn in any direction, to direct towards:

    (orbis partem) a latere in dextram partem,

    Cic. Univ. 7 fin.; so,

    caudam in dexterum, in laevum,

    Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 207:

    proram ad undas,

    Verg. A. 5, 165:

    cursus ad regem,

    id. ib. 4, 196:

    cervicem ad oscula,

    Hor. Od. 2, 12, 25 et saep.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    voluptates animos a virtute,

    Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37:

    quae (sc. voluntas testium) nullo negotio flecti ac detorqueri potest,

    id. Cael. 9 fin.; id. de Or. 1, 17.—Of etymolog. derivation: Marrucini vocantur, de Marso detorsum nomen, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 871 P.; so,

    parce detorta,

    Hor. A. P. 53.—With indication of the term. ad quem:

    aliquem ad segnitiem luxumque,

    Plin. Pan. 82, 6:

    vividum animum in alia,

    Tac. A. 13, 3; cf.:

    te pravum alio (i. e. ad aliud vitium),

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 55.—
    B.
    In partic., to turn or twist out of shape, to distort.
    1.
    Lit.:

    partes corporis detortae,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 17:

    Vatinius corpore detorto,

    Tac. A. 15, 34.—
    2.
    Trop., to distort, misrepresent:

    calumniando omnia detorquendoque suspecta efficere,

    Liv. 42, 42; cf.:

    recte facta (with carpere),

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 6:

    sincera rectaque ingenia,

    id. Pan. 70, 5; cf. Tac. Or. 28 fin.:

    verbum aliquod in pejus,

    Sen. Ep. 13 med.; cf.:

    verba, voltus in crimen,

    Tac. A. 1, 7:

    sermonem in obscenum intellectum,

    Quint. 8, 3, 44.—
    * II.
    Neutr., to turn or go in any direction:

    in laevam,

    Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93.

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  • 6 dis-torqueō

        dis-torqueō rsī, rtus, ere,    to turn awry, twist, distort: os, T.: oculos, H.

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  • 7 in-torqueō

        in-torqueō torsī, tortus, ēre,    to twist, wind about, fold, wrench, distort: paludamento circa bracchium intorto, L.: mentum in dicendo: oculos, V.: intorti capillis angues, entwined, H.: intorti funes, twisted, O.—Fig.: verbo ac litterā ius omne intorqueri.—To hurl, launch, cast, aim: telum in hostem, V.: tergo hastam, at the back, V. —Fig.: alternis versibus intorquentur inter fratres contumeliae.

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  • 8 detorqueo

    detorquere, detorsi, detortus V TRANS
    turn/twist/bend/pull away/aside; deflect; deviate (path); divert; sway; distort, bend out of shape; pervert, misrepresent, twist sense of, alter form

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  • 9 intorqueo

    twist, distort

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  • 10 pertorqueo

    to twist, distort.

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  • 11 torqueo

    to twist, curl, rack, torture, torment, distort, test.

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  • 12 depravo

    dē-prāvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [pravus], to pervert, distort, disfigure (opp. dirigere, corrigere; good prose).
    I.
    Lit.:

    depravata corrigere crura,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 11 Müll.; cf.

    opp. corrigere,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 6; id. Div. 2, 46:

    (oculi) uni animalium homini depravantur, unde cognomina Strabonum et Paetorum,

    Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150.—
    II.
    Trop., to pervert, seduce, corrupt, deprave (for syn. cf.:

    corrumpo, vitio, adultero, perdo, pessum do, illicere, pellicere, adducere): nihil est quin male narrando possit depravarier,

    Ter. Ph. 4, 4, 17:

    jureconsultorum ingeniis pleraque corrupta ac depravata,

    Cic. Mur. 12, 27; cf.

    so with corrumpere,

    id. Arch. 4, 8:

    (Campanos) nimiae rerum omnium copiae depravabant,

    id. Agr. 2, 35 fin.:

    puer indulgentia nostra depravatus,

    id. Att. 10, 4, 5:

    ferarum natura malā disciplinā,

    id. Fin. 2, 11; cf.:

    mores hac dulcedine corruptelaque depravati,

    id. Leg. 2, 15, 38; and:

    consuetudo depravata (opp. recta),

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 18 Müll.:

    institutum hominis,

    Amm. Marc. 29, 1, 19:

    inania verba in hos modos,

    Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. id. 6, 3, 6 et saep.: seductus ac depravatus ab aliquo, *Caes. B. C. 1, 7; cf.: magna pars gratiā depravata, *Sall. J. 15, 2; and:

    plebem consiliis,

    Liv. 45, 23:

    corruptos depravatosque mores parens noster reformet atque corriget,

    Plin. Pan. 53, 1:

    depravatum est cor per mulieres,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 11, 4.— Absol.:

    solent domestici depravare nonnumquam,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 13 fin. —Hence,
    2.
    dēprāvātē, adv., perversely, wrongly:

    neque depravate judicare neque corrupte,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 21, 71.

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  • 13 distorqueo

    dis-torquĕo, rsi, rtum ( supine, distorsum acc. to Prisc. 871 P.), 2, v. a., to turn different ways, to twist, distort (rare but class.).
    I.
    Prop.:

    os,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 3; so,

    ora cachinno,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 287:

    oculos,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 65:

    labra,

    Quint. 1, 11, 9.—
    II.
    Meton., to torment, torture.
    A.
    Lit., Sen. Ben. 7, 19; Suet. Dom. 10.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    quem repulsa distorqueat (with amore cruciari),

    Sen. Ep. 74:

    cogitationem,

    Petr. 52, 2.—Hence, distortus, a, um, P. a., distorted, misshapen, deformed, dwarfish.
    A.
    Lit.:

    distortus ejecta lingua,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266; cf. Suet. Aug. 83; Quint. 2, 5, 11:

    vultus,

    id. 6, 3, 29:

    crura,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 47:

    solos sapientes esse, si distortissimi sint, formosos,

    Cic. Mur. 29, 61; cf. Suet. Galb. 21.— Plur. as subst.:

    pumili atque distorti,

    id. Aug. 83.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    nullum (genus enuntiandi) distortius,

    more perverse, unseemly, Cic. Fat. 8 fin.—Adv. does not occur.

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  • 14 intorqueo

    in-torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2, v. a., to twist, turn round, turn to; to wrench, sprain (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mentum in dicendo,

    to distort, Cic. de Or. 2, 66:

    oculos,

    Verg. G. 4, 451:

    caulem,

    Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 114: talum, to sprain, Auct. B. Hisp. 38: vereor, ne Pompeio quid oneris imponam, mê moi Gorgeiên kephalên deinoio pelôrou intorqueat, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 3.— Pass. or with se, to twist or wrap itself:

    involvulus, quae in pampini folio intorta implicat se,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64:

    cum subito... procella nubibus intorsit sese,

    Lucr. 6, 124:

    ipsi palmites intorquentur,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 183. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To brandish, hurl, or throw towards:

    hastam tergo,

    to launch at its back, Verg. A. 2, 231:

    jaculum alicui,

    to hurl against one, id. ib. 10, 322; Ov. M. 5, 90; Sil. 1, 304:

    telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 381:

    saxum,

    Sil. 7, 623:

    telum in hostem,

    Verg. A. 10, 882; Sen. Ep. 45. —
    B.
    To throw into confusion:

    orationem,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 65; cf.

    mores,

    to corrupt, pervert, Pers. 5, 38.—
    III.
    Trop., to cast upon, throw out against:

    alternis versibus intorquentur inter fratres gravissimae contumeliae,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 77:

    vocem diram,

    Sil. 11, 342.— Hence, intortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, wound; crisped, curled; trailed, prolonged; perplexed, involved; distorted, corrupted:

    spirae modo,

    Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 91:

    intorto circa bracchium pallio,

    wound about my arm, Petr. 80:

    paludamentum,

    wrapped round, Liv. 25, 16:

    angues intorti capillis Eumenidum,

    entwined, Hor. C. 2, 13, 35:

    capilli,

    curled, Mart. 8, 33; Sil. 3, 284:

    sonus concisus, intortus,

    Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82:

    noctuae intorto carmine occinunt,

    App. Flor. 13:

    rudentes,

    twisted, made by twisting, Cat. 64, 235:

    funes,

    Ov. M. 3, 679 al. — Adv.: intortē, windingly, crookedly:

    intortius,

    Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68.— Transf.: hoc dicere, August. de Nat. et Grat. 49.

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  • 15 intorte

    in-torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2, v. a., to twist, turn round, turn to; to wrench, sprain (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mentum in dicendo,

    to distort, Cic. de Or. 2, 66:

    oculos,

    Verg. G. 4, 451:

    caulem,

    Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 114: talum, to sprain, Auct. B. Hisp. 38: vereor, ne Pompeio quid oneris imponam, mê moi Gorgeiên kephalên deinoio pelôrou intorqueat, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 3.— Pass. or with se, to twist or wrap itself:

    involvulus, quae in pampini folio intorta implicat se,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64:

    cum subito... procella nubibus intorsit sese,

    Lucr. 6, 124:

    ipsi palmites intorquentur,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 183. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To brandish, hurl, or throw towards:

    hastam tergo,

    to launch at its back, Verg. A. 2, 231:

    jaculum alicui,

    to hurl against one, id. ib. 10, 322; Ov. M. 5, 90; Sil. 1, 304:

    telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 381:

    saxum,

    Sil. 7, 623:

    telum in hostem,

    Verg. A. 10, 882; Sen. Ep. 45. —
    B.
    To throw into confusion:

    orationem,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 65; cf.

    mores,

    to corrupt, pervert, Pers. 5, 38.—
    III.
    Trop., to cast upon, throw out against:

    alternis versibus intorquentur inter fratres gravissimae contumeliae,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 77:

    vocem diram,

    Sil. 11, 342.— Hence, intortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, wound; crisped, curled; trailed, prolonged; perplexed, involved; distorted, corrupted:

    spirae modo,

    Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 91:

    intorto circa bracchium pallio,

    wound about my arm, Petr. 80:

    paludamentum,

    wrapped round, Liv. 25, 16:

    angues intorti capillis Eumenidum,

    entwined, Hor. C. 2, 13, 35:

    capilli,

    curled, Mart. 8, 33; Sil. 3, 284:

    sonus concisus, intortus,

    Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82:

    noctuae intorto carmine occinunt,

    App. Flor. 13:

    rudentes,

    twisted, made by twisting, Cat. 64, 235:

    funes,

    Ov. M. 3, 679 al. — Adv.: intortē, windingly, crookedly:

    intortius,

    Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68.— Transf.: hoc dicere, August. de Nat. et Grat. 49.

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  • 16 pertorqueo

    per-torquĕo, ēre, v. a., to twist awry, to distort:

    ora foedo sapore,

    Lucr. 2, 401.—
    II.
    To hurl, vent: quam senticosa verba pertorquet, Afran. ap. Fest. p. 339 Müll. and ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 333 ib. (Com. Rel. v. 1 Rib.).

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  • Distort — Dis*tort , a. [L. distortus, p. p. of distorquere to twist, distort; dis + torquere to twist. See {Torsion}.] Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Her face was ugly and her mouth distort. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • distort — UK US /dɪˈstɔːt/ verb [T] ► to change something from its original, natural, or intended meaning, condition, or shape, especially in a negative way: »Governments are able to maintain discriminatory procurement practices which significantly distort …   Financial and business terms

  • 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

  • distort — I verb bend, camouflage, caricature, change out of recognition, change the face of, conceal, contort, corrupt, deform, disguise, disproportion, dissemble, distorquere, exaggerate, falsify, give a false idea, give a false impression, give a… …   Law dictionary

  • distort — 1580s, from L. distortus, pp. of distorquere to twist different ways, distort, from dis completely + torquere to twist (see THWART (Cf. thwart)). Related: Distorted; distorting …   Etymology dictionary

  • distort — contort, warp, *deform Analogous words: twist, bend, *curve: disfigure, *deface: *injure, damage, mar, impair: misinterpret, misconstrue (see affirmative verbs at EXPLAIN) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • distort — [v] deform; falsify alter, angle, belie, bend, bias, buckle, change, collapse, color, con, contort, crush, curve, deceive, decline, deteriorate, deviate, disfigure, doctor*, fake, fudge*, garble, gnarl, knot, lie, make out like, mangle, melt,… …   New thesaurus

  • distort — ► VERB 1) pull or twist out of shape. 2) give a misleading account of. 3) change the form of (an electrical signal or sound wave) during transmission or amplification. DERIVATIVES distorted adjective distortion noun. ORIGIN Latin distorquere… …   English terms dictionary

  • distort — 01. When people talk about an argument they had, they usually [distort] the truth a bit to make it look like it wasn t their fault. 02. Our television reception is really bad, so the image is quite [distorted]. 03. There s something wrong with… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • distort — [[t]dɪstɔ͟ː(r)t[/t]] distorts, distorting, distorted 1) VERB If you distort a statement, fact, or idea, you report or represent it in an untrue way. [V n] The media distorts reality; categorises people as all good or all bad... [V n] The minister …   English dictionary

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