Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Distort

Distort , adjective

[Latin distortus, past participle of distorquere to twist, distort; dis- + torquere to twist. See Torsion.]

Distorted; misshapen. [Obsolete]
Her face was ugly and her mouth distort. — Spenser

Distort , transitive verb

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. — Thackeray
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. — Tillotson
3.
To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning.