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intorts

intorts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of intort.

Meaning of intort

Verb

intort (third-person singular simple present intorts, present participle intorting, simple past and past participle intorted)

  1. To twist in and out; to twine; to wreathe, wind, or wring.
    • With reverend hand the king presents the gold, / Which round th′ intorted horns the gilder roll′d, / So wrought, as Pallas might with pride behold.1726, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, The Odyssey of Homer, published 2008, page 44
  2. To twist inwards.
    • If we tilt the head to the right, the right eye will intort and the left eye will extort. […] So, if the right eye intorts, it means the superiors in that eye (RSR and RSO) work and if the left eye extorts it means the inferiors of that eye (LIO and LIR) work.2002, Sunita Agarwal, Athiya Agarwal, David J. Apple, Textbook of Ophthalmology, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, India, psge 338
    Synonyms:
    contort, writhe

Questions about intorts

What is intorts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Intorts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of intort.

Words near intorts in the dictionary

  1. intorting
  2. intortion
  3. intortions
  4. intortor
  5. intortors
  6. intorts
  7. intouchedness
  8. intown
  9. intoxicable
  10. intoxicant
  11. intoxicants

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