English Explanatory Dictionary

abstort

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To wrest by force or persuasion.

Word forms

abstort abstorts abstorting abstorted

Etymology

From Latin abs- + tortus, past participle of torqueō (“I twist”).

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