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[rɪˈtɔːt], (Verb)
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- say something in answer to a remark, typically in a sharp, angry, or witty manner
(e.g: ‘No need to be rude,’ retorted Isabel)
- repay (an insult or injury)
(e.g: it was now his time to retort the humiliation)
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Origin
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late 15th century (in the sense ‘hurl back an accusation or insult’): from Latin retort- ‘twisted back, cast back’, from the verb retorquere, from re- ‘in return’ + torquere ‘to twist’
[rɪˈtɔːt], (Noun)
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- a sharp, angry, or witty reply
(e.g: she opened her mouth to make a suitably cutting retort)
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Origin
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late 15th century (in the sense ‘hurl back an accusation or insult’): from Latin retort- ‘twisted back, cast back’, from the verb retorquere, from re- ‘in return’ + torquere ‘to twist’
[rɪˈtɔːt], (Noun)
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- a container or furnace for carrying out a chemical process on a large or industrial scale
(e.g: gas was made by baking coal in airtight retorts)
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Origin
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early 16th century: from French retorte, from medieval Latin retorta, feminine past participle of retorquere ‘twist back’ (with reference to the long recurved neck of the laboratory container)
[rɪˈtɔːt], (Verb)
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- heat in a retort in order to separate or purify
(e.g: the raw shale is retorted at four crude oil works)
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Origin
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early 16th century: from French retorte, from medieval Latin retorta, feminine past participle of retorquere ‘twist back’ (with reference to the long recurved neck of the laboratory container)
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