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retort

RETORT', v.t. [L. retortus, retorqueo; re and torqueo, to throw.]

1. To throw back; to reverberate.

And they retort that beat again to the first giver.

2. To return an argument, accusation, censure or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.

He pass'd through hostile scorn; and with retorted scorn, his back he turn'd.

3. To bend or curve back; as a retorted line.

RETORT', v.i. To return an argument or charge; to make a severe reply. He retorted upon his adversary with severity.

RETORT', n.

1. The return of an argument, charge or incivility in reply; as the retort courteous.

2. In chimistry, a spherical vessel with its neck bent, to which the receiver is fitted; used in distillation.


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RETORT', v.t. [L. retortus, retorqueo; re and torqueo, to throw.]

1. To throw back; to reverberate.

And they retort that beat again to the first giver.

2. To return an argument, accusation, censure or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.

He pass'd through hostile scorn; and with retorted scorn, his back he turn'd.

3. To bend or curve back; as a retorted line.

RETORT', v.i. To return an argument or charge; to make a severe reply. He retorted upon his adversary with severity.

RETORT', n.

1. The return of an argument, charge or incivility in reply; as the retort courteous.

2. In chimistry, a spherical vessel with its neck bent, to which the receiver is fitted; used in distillation.

RE-TORT', n.

  1. The return of an argument, charge or incivility in reply; as, the retort courteous. – Shak.
  2. In chimistry, a spherical vessel with a long neck bent, to which a receiver may be fitted; used in distillation. – Encyc.

RE-TORT', v.i.

To return an argument or charge; to make a severe reply. He retorted upon his adversary with severity.


RE-TORT', v.t. [L. retortus, retorqueo; re and torqueo, to throw.]

  1. To throw back; to reverberate. And they retort that heat again / To the first giver. – Shak.
  2. To return an argument, accusation, censure or incivility, as, to retort the charge of vanity. He pass'd through hostile scorn; / And with retorted scorn, his back he turn'd. – Milton.
  3. To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line. – Bacon.

Re*tort"
  1. To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.

    With retorted head, pruned themselves as they floated. Southey.

  2. To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.

    Pope.
  3. The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response.

    This is called the retort courteous. Shak.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

    Tubulated retort (Chem.), a retort having a tubulure for the introduction or removal of the substances which are to be acted upon.

    Syn. -- Repartee] answer. -- Retort, Repartee. A retort is a short and pointed reply, turning back on an assailant the arguments, censure, or derision he had thrown out. A repartee is usually a good-natured return to some witty or sportive remark.

  6. 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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Retort

RETORT', verb transitive [Latin retortus, retorqueo; re and torqueo, to throw.]

1. To throw back; to reverberate.

And they retort that beat again to the first giver.

2. To return an argument, accusation, censure or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.

He pass'd through hostile scorn; and with retorted scorn, his back he turn'd.

3. To bend or curve back; as a retorted line.

RETORT', verb intransitive To return an argument or charge; to make a severe reply. He retorted upon his adversary with severity.

RETORT', noun

1. The return of an argument, charge or incivility in reply; as the retort courteous.

2. In chimistry, a spherical vessel with its neck bent, to which the receiver is fitted; used in distillation.

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