Толковый словарь английского языка - retort
Retort
retort
I. verb see: torture Date: circa 1557 transitive verb to pay or hurl back ; return , 2. to make a reply to, to say in reply, to answer (as an argument) by a counter argument, intransitive verb to answer back usually sharply, to return an argument or charge, retaliate , II. noun Date: 1600 a quick, witty, or cutting reply, see: answer III. noun Etymology: Middle French ~e, from Medieval Latin ~a, from Latin, feminine of ~us; from its shape Date: 1605 a vessel or chamber in which substances are distilled or decomposed by heat, IV. transitive verb Date: 1850 to treat (as oil shale) by heating in a ~
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 an incisive or witty or angry reply. 2 the turning of a charge or argument against its originator. 3 a piece of retaliation. --v. 1 a tr. say by way of a retort. b intr. make a retort. 2 tr. repay (an insult or attack) in kind. 3 tr. (often foll. by on, upon) return (mischief, a charge, sarcasm, etc.) to its originator. 4 tr. (often foll. by against) make (an argument) tell against its user. 5 tr. (as retorted adj.) recurved; twisted or bent backwards. Etymology: L retorquere retort- (as RE-, torquere twist) 2. n. & v. --n. 1 a vessel usu. of glass with a long recurved neck used in distilling liquids. 2 a vessel for heating mercury for purification, coal to generate gas, or iron and carbon to make steel. --v.tr. purify (mercury) by heating in a retort. Etymology: F retorte f. med.L retorta fem. past part. of retorquere: see RETORT(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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