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What is the definition of retort?

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 5/4/2021

To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line., To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect., To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity., To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply., The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response., 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.

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Kitty Schaden

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4y ago

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