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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Contort

/kən-tôrt'/ · Con·tort · IPA /kənˈtɔː(ɹ)t/
01 v. t. To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.
  1. 1.
    To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.
    “The vertebral arteries are variously contorted.” Ray.
    “Kant contorted the term category from the proper meaning of attributed.” Sir W. Hamilton.