† diˈstortureObs. [f. distort v. + -ure; after torture.] = distorting, distortion. 1613Jackson Creed ii. xxiii. §3. 398 The infernal [v.r. internal] distorture of their proud affections.1709Answ. Sacheverell's Serm. 11 A Distorture of Words to a new Sense.