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Definition of Detorted
1. detort [v] - See also: detort
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detorted
Literary usage of Detorted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Theory of Elasticity and of the Strength of Materials: From by Isaac Todhunter (1893)
"A torted and then partially detorted bar loses part of its tort by shaking or
gains tort afresh according to the magnitude of the ..."
2. The Hallamshire Glossary by Joseph Hunter (1829)
"... a little detorted from its antient meaning. THREED, thread. ... retained in
to and fro, a little detorted it is true. ..."
3. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"... the torpedoes that were hidden in the old Kriiger grammars and corrected texts
which Kriiger had distorted, or detorted, in order to blow up the smaller ..."
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