English to English Dictionary -retorted

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Pretorture :: Pretorture (v. t.) To torture beforehand.

Retort :: Retort (n.) To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line..

Retort :: Retort (n.) To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.

Retort :: Retort (n.) To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity..

Retort :: Retort (v. i.) To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.

Retort :: Retort (v. t.) The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response..

Retort :: Retort (v. t.) 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..

Retorted :: Retorted (imp. & p. p.) of Retor.

Retorter :: Retorter (n.) One who retorts.

Retorting :: Retorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retor.

Retortion :: Retortion (v. t.) Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back.

Retortion :: Retortion (v. t.) Retaliation.

Retortive :: Retortive (a.) Containing retort.