Detorted

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Detort \De*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detorted}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Detorting}.] [L. detortus, p. p. of detorquere to turn
     away; de + torquere to turn about, twist: cf. F.
     d['e]torquer, d['e]tordre.]
     To turn form the original or plain meaning; to pervert; to
     wrest. --Hammond.


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