See retort in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Ayrsham Mystery”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:",
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"word": "തർക്കുത്തരം"
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"code": "sv",
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"ref": "1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Ayrsham Mystery”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:",
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"text": "And with retorted scorn his back he turned.",
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"ref": "1829, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Sir Thomas More: or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "With retorted head, pruned themselves as they floated.",
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"To bend or curve back."
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"ref": "c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:",
"text": "As when his virtues, shining upon others, / Heat them and they retort that heat again / To the first giver.",
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"ref": "1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 162:",
"text": "Glasses were filled, arresting the trooper on a theme of passion; the pariahdom of the country cop, whose self-respect is to retort the law's blackmail for blackmail levied on his self-respect.",
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"To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect."
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"word": "отговарям остроумно"
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"sense": "to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "反駁"
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"word": "lancer"
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"sense": "to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "retrucar"
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"sense": "to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "口答えする"
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"sense": "to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "asi atbildēt"
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"sense": "to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
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"word": "തിരിച്ചടിക്കുക"
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"sense": "to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "ripostować"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "retorquir"
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"sense": "to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "парировать"
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "es",
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"word": "revirar"
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
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"code": "ta",
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"sense": "to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "எதிர்த்து பேசு"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "vidpovidaty",
"sense": "to say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation",
"word": "відповідати"
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"code": "uk",
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"word": "թորանոթ"
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"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "曲頸甑"
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"roman": "qū jǐng zèng",
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"word": "曲颈甑"
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"word": "retorta"
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"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "cornue"
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"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
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"word": "Retorte"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "flask used for distillation",
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"masculine"
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"word": "αποστακτήρας"
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"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "lombik"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "retorta"
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "retorto"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "storta"
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "レトルト"
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"word": "retorte"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "puoto kakīroa"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"word": "puoto whakaturuturu"
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"sense": "flask used for distillation",
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "retortă"
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"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "рето́рта"
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