Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Contort \Con*tort"\, v. t. [L. contortus, p. p. of contorquere
   to twist; con- + torquere to twist. See {Torture}.]
   To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to
   distort; to wrest.

         The vertebral arteries are variously contorted. --Ray.

         Kant contorted the term category from the proper
         meaning of attributed.                   --Sir W.
                                                  Hamilton.

Source : WordNet®

contort
     v : twist and press out of shape [syn: {deform}, {distort}, {wring}]