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detorquere

detorquēre [CL] , to wrench. b (fig.) to distort, pervert. ~eri, deflecti GlH D 332; detorsit, œtbrœt GlP 630; [carcannus] nates et anum ~endo corrodebat R. Cold. Cuthb. 20.  b malorum corda per injustitiam detorta ad justitiae regulam diriguntur Bede Luke (iii 5) 352; cum conspiciantur ‥ suavissimam sanctitatem ‥ in luxum sordide voluptatis tanto detestabilius quanto damnabilius ‥ ~ere Ad. Marsh Ep. 8 p. 88.

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