Definition of Contart
Con*tort" (?), v. t. [L.
contortus, p. p. of contorquere to twist; con-
+ torquere to twist. See Torture.] To
twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to
wrest.
The vertebral arteries are variously
contorted.
Ray.
Kant contorted the term category from the
proper meaning of attributed.
Sir W. Hamilton.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (transitive) To twist in a violent manner; as, features contorted with fury.
- (intransitive) To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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