Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

abstort

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ab-stort
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To wrest by force or persuasion.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"he has violently and wrongfully abstorted it from them."
"It is needless to remark on the modesty of this epithet when assumed by men;—and by such men! by the lord Johns, and the lord Harrys, who even now abstort from us more homage than we yield to Heaven!"
"How stillsome and flooth could suburbity be Were the gramsters abstorted by felo-de-se- For I daminate grams, and they scruciate me!"
"[…] abstorting surplus staff wherever found necessary."

Etymology

From Latin abs- + tortus, past participle of torqueō (“I twist”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: ab-

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

abstorts (present, singular) abstorting (participle, present) abstorted (participle, past) abstorted (past)

Questions

What does abstort mean?: To wrest by force or persuasion.
Where does abstort come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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