| Torture (torture) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Tor"ture |
| [F.,fr.L. tortura,
fr. torquere, tortum, to twist, rack, torture; probably akin
to Gr. tre`pein to turn, G. drechsein to turn on a lathe,
and perhaps to E. queer. Cf. Contort, Distort,
Ex |
Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony;
torment; as, torture of mind.
Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially,
either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a
confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or
thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel.
The act or process of torturing.
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| Torture (torture) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Tor"ture |
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To
put to torture] to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.
To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as,
to torture an accused person.
To wrest from the proper meaning; to
distort.
To keep on the stretch, as a bow.
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