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Definition of Retorted
1. retort [v] - See also: retort
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retorted
Literary usage of Retorted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... in the ordinary way of living ; but in vain : and how they retorted it upon them,
... retorted ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"(2l) Accusations of a similar kind were retorted upon the church by the schismatics,
who had departed ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"retorted the inexorable Cutbill, who seemed bent on opposing everything. "
Have you thought of nothing you could do ? for, if you're utterly incapable, ..."
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