RETORT

retort. retort, to turne, or wrest backward

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retort. Retort, n. a censure returned, a glass vessel

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Re‐tort″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Retorting.] [[L. retortus, p. p. of retorquere; pref. re- re- + torquere to turn twist. See Torsion, and cf. Retort, n., 2.]] 1. 1. To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.
With retorted head, pruned themselves as they floated. Southey. 2. 2. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
As when his virtues, shining upon others, Heat them and they retort that heat again To the first giver. Shak. 3. 3. To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.
And with retorted scorn his back he turned. Milton.