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distorte

distorte [LL] , a distortedly (also fig.). b by extortion, wrongfully. a nervi a cerebro usque ad caudam [canis] recta linea protenduntur ‥. nervi vero qui ad pedes veniunt ~e protenduntur Quaest. Salern. P 91; inde est quod pueri ~e, indiscrete et confusse apprehendunt Bacon VIII 106.  b 961 (12c) ruris ‥ particulam ‥ pridem †indepte ~eque a B. Petri ‥ oraculis ablatam CS 1073.

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