Turned or bent back. Chiefly as past participle.
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| 释义 | the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adjective] > having backward direction > turned backwards (7) retort?a1475 Turned or bent back. Chiefly as past participle. retorqued1590 Turned backwards. retorted1605 Turned or facing backwards; reverted. Obsolete. reverting1631 That reverts (in various senses). Also with prefixed noun. reflex1633 Chiefly Botany and Zoology. Bent, folded, or turned back; recurved; having a recurved part or parts. Now rare. retortive1787 That faces back or backwards; retrospective. Cf. retorted, adj.1 1b. Obsolete. rare. Subcategories:— capable of (1) |
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