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- English Word Retorsion Definition Same as Retortion.
- English Word Retort Definition To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.
- English Word Retort Definition To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
- English Word Retort Definition To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.
- English Word Retort Definition To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.
- English Word Retort Definition The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response.
- English Word Retort Definition A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works.
- English Word Retorted Definition of Retort
- English Word Retorter Definition One who retorts.
- English Word Retorting Definition of Retort
- English Word Retortion Definition Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back.
- English Word Retortion Definition Retaliation.
- English Word Retortive Definition Containing retort.
- English Word Retoss Definition To toss back or again.
- English Word Retouch Definition To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay.
- English Word Retouch Definition To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork.
- English Word Retouch Definition A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the like.
- English Word Retoucher Definition One who retouches.
- English Word Retrace Definition To trace back, as a line.
- English Word Retrace Definition To go back, in or over (a previous course); to go over again in a reverse direction; as, to retrace one's steps; to retrace one's proceedings.
- English Word Retrace Definition To trace over again, or renew the outline of, as a drawing; to draw again.
- English Word Retract Definition To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.
- English Word Retract Definition To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion.
- English Word Retract Definition To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke.
- English Word Retract Definition To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation.
- English Word Retract Definition To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.
- English Word Retract Definition The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.
- English Word Retractable Definition Capable of being retracted; retractile.
- English Word Retractate Definition To retract; to recant.
- English Word Retractation Definition The act of retracting what has been said; recantation.