Distort /(?)/

Dis·tort

Distort

a.
  1. Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.]
    Her face was ugly and her mouth distort.

Distort

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distorting

  1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.
    Whose face was distorted with pain.
  2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.
    Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men.
  3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.