Distort

Definition of Distort

Dis`tort´

a.	1.	Distorted; misshapen. Her face was ugly and her mouth distort. - Spenser.
v. t.	1.	To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body. [imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distorting.] Whose face was distorted with pain. - Thackeray.
	2.	To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally. Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men. - Tillotson.
	3.	To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.

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