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torquere
Latin · ancient
"to twist"
to twist, combined with dis- (apart)
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distorquere
Latin · ancient
"to twist apart, to distort"
to twist apart, to distort, from dis- and torquere
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distort
English · 1560s
"to twist something out of its true or natural shape"
settled as the English word for twisting something out of its true or natural shape
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