retort

retort is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line. With retorted head, pruned themselves as they floated. Southey.

[2] To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect. As when his virtues, shining upon others, Heat them and they retort that heat again To the first giver. Shak.

[3] To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity. And with retorted scorn his back he turned. Milton.

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