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Webster 1913 Edition


Tortive

Tor′tive

,
Adj.
[L.
tortus
, p. p. of
torquere
to twist, wind.]
Twisted; wreathed.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tortive

TORT'IVE

,
Adj.
[L. tortus.] Twisted; wreathed.

Definition 2024


tortive

tortive

English

Adjective

tortive (comparative more tortive, superlative most tortive)

  1. twisted, wreathed
    • c. 1602 -- William Shakespeare, -- Troilus and Cressida, Act I, Scene III
      As knots, by the conflux of meeting sap
      Infects the sound pine and diverts his grain
      Tortive and errant from his course of growth.