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torive

English

Etymology

From Middle English toriven, equivalent to to- +? rive.

Verb

torive (third-person singular simple present torives, present participle toriving, simple past and past participle torift or torived)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To rive in pieces; rend.

Anagrams

  • ortive, vitreo-

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tortive

English

Etymology

From Latin torquere (to twist). Sometimes attributed to Shakespeare.

Adjective

tortive (comparative more tortive, superlative most tortive)

  1. Twisted; wreathed.
    • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act I, Scene III
      As knots, by the conflux of meeting sap
      Infects the sound pine and diverts his grain
      Tortive and errant from his course of growth.

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