Retort(n.) To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.
Retort(n.) To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
Retort(n.) To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.
Retort(v. i.) To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.
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(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(imp. & p. p.) of Retort
Retorter(n.) One who retorts.
Retorting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retort
Retortion(v. t.) Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back.
Retortion(v. t.) Retaliation.
Retortive(a.) Containing retort.
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