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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Retort  \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.  To  bend  or  curve  back  as  a  retorted  line 
 
  With  retorted  head,  pruned  themselves  as  they 
  floated.  --Southey. 
 
  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.  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. 




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