Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Distort \Dis*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distorted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Distorting}.]
   1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside
      physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.

            Whose face was distorted with pain.   --Thackeray.

   2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to
      twist aside mentally or morally.

            Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and
            distort the understandings of men.    --Tillotson.

   3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort
      passages of Scripture, or their meaning.

   Syn: To twist; wrest; deform; pervert.