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retortion
retortion (rɪˈtɔːʃən) [ad. med.L. retortiōn-em, noun of action f. L. retorquēre: see retort v.1 and cf. retorsion.] 1. The action or fact of bending or turning backwards; an instance of this. Also fig.1591 Sylvester Du Bartas i. iii. 100 Our Sea: whose divers-branch'd retortions Divide the World in ... Oxford English Dictionary
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retorsion
retorsion Now rare. (rɪˈtɔːʃən) [a. F. rétorsion (13–14th c.), or ad. med.L. retorsiōn-em, var. of retortiōn-em retortion. So Sp. retorsion, It. ritorsione.] Retortion (of an argument, etc.).1657 W. Morice Coena quasi κοινὴ 242 By retorsion, as in a College, all that are..of the Foundation, doe part... Oxford English Dictionary
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retortable
reˈtortable, a. [f. retort v.1 + -able.] Capable or admitting of retortion.1603 Florio Montaigne iii. viii. (1632) 523 Our arguments and matter controversed, are ordinarily retortable unto us. 1611 Cotgr., Retorquable, retortable. Oxford English Dictionary
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retortment
† reˈtortment Obs. rare—1. [f. retort v.1 + -ment.] Retortion.1649 Lilburne Liberties People Eng. (ed. 2) 39 Which procured them from me a sharp retortment of their own basenesse. Oxford English Dictionary
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retort
▪ I. retort, n.1 (rɪˈtɔːt) [f. retort v.1] † 1. Mus. A ‘retorted’ mood. Obs. rare.1597 Morley Introd. Mus. 27 The first must serue you in your first singing till you come to this sign {repetn} where you must begin again and sing by the retort in half time. 2. a. A sharp or incisive reply, esp. one b... Oxford English Dictionary
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