"retorque" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: retorques [present, singular, third-person], retorquing [participle, present], retorqued [participle, past], retorqued [past]
Etymology: re- + torque Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|torque}} re- + torque Head templates: {{en-verb}} retorque (third-person singular simple present retorques, present participle retorquing, simple past and past participle retorqued)
  1. (transitive) To torque again or anew. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-retorque-en-verb-rbvUVrHq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15
  2. (obsolete) To turn back. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-retorque-en-verb-VUKClTMY Categories (other): English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 44 56

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for retorque meaning in English (1.6kB)

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