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Webster 1913 Edition

torture

tor′ture

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
tortured
(tôr′tū̍rd; 135)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
tTorturing.
]
[Cf. F.
Torturer
. ]
1.
To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.
2.
To punish with torture; to put to the rack;
as, to
torture
an accused person
.
Shak.
3.
To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.
Jar. Taylor.
4.
To keep on the stretch, as a bow.
[Obs.]
The bow
tortureth
the string.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Torture

TORT'URE

,
Noun.
[L. tortus, torqueo, to twist.]
1.
Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment.
Ghastly spasm or racking torture.
2.
Severe pain inflicted judicially, either as a punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person. Torture may be and is inflicted in a variety of ways, as by water or fire, or by the boot or thumbkin. But the most usual mode is by the rack or wheel.

TORT'URE

,
Verb.
T.
To pain to extremity; to torment.
1.
To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person.
2.
To vex; to harass.
3.
To keep on the stretch, as a bow. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

torturé

torturé

See also: torture

Asturian

Verb

torturé

  1. first-person singular indefinite preterite indicative of torturar

French

Verb

torturé m ‎(feminine singular torturée, masculine plural torturés, feminine plural torturées)

  1. past participle of torturer

Spanish

Verb

torturé

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of torturar.

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