(n.) To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.
(n.) To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
(n.) To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or
incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.
(v. i.) To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe
reply.
(v. t.) The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge,
censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe
response.
(v. t.) A vessel in which substances are subjected to
distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms
and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak
to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or
semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works.
