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Retort
RETORT', v.t. [L. retortus, retorqueo; re and torqueo, to throw.]
1. To throw back; to reverberate.
And they retort that beat again to the first giver.
2. To return an argument, accusation, censure or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.
He pass'd through hostile scorn; and with retorted scorn, his back he turn'd.
3. To bend or curve back; as a retorted line.
RETORT', v.i. To return an argument or charge; to make a severe reply. He retorted upon his adversary with severity.
RETORT', n.
1. The return of an argument, charge or incivility in reply; as the retort courteous.
2. In chimistry, a spherical vessel with its neck bent, to which the receiver is fitted; used in distillation.
retort appears in definitions for these words:
Abstraction Adopter Alembic Coat Coating Distillation Galban Galley Helmed Inviting Lash Neck Pyrolithic Quip Quirk Recriminatory Reprisal Retort Retorter Retortion Return Revie Stoppered Tooth Turn
Abstraction Adopter Alembic Coat Coating Distillation Galban Galley Helmed Inviting Lash Neck Pyrolithic Quip Quirk Recriminatory Reprisal Retort Retorter Retortion Return Revie Stoppered Tooth Turn
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