Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - torture
Torture
torture
n. & v. --n. 1 the infliction of severe bodily pain esp. as a punishment or a means of persuasion. 2 severe physical or mental suffering (the torture of defeat). --v.tr. 1 subject to torture (tortured by guilt). 2 force out of a natural position or state; deform; pervert. Derivatives torturable adj. torturer n. torturous adj. torturously adv. Etymology: F f. LL tortura twisting (as TORT)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old French, from Late Latin tortura, from Latin tortus, past participle of torquēre to twist; probably akin to Old High German drāhsil turner, Greek atraktos spindle Date: 1540 1. anguish of body or mind ; agony, something that causes agony or pain, the infliction of intense pain (as from burning, crushing, or wounding) to punish, coerce, or afford sadistic pleasure, distortion or overrefinement of a meaning or an argument ; straining, II. transitive verb (~d; torturing) Date: 1588 to cause intense suffering to ; torment, to punish or coerce by inflicting excruciating pain, to twist or wrench out of shape ; distort, warp, see: afflict ~r noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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