- (a.) Distorted; misshapen.
- (v.t.) To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture or their meaning.
- (v.t.) To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.
- (v.t.) To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs or the body.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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