† monstrifyv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To make monstrous; to distort, pervert.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > pervert or distort [verb (transitive)]
crooka1340
deprave1382
pervertc1390
strainc1449
drawc1450
miswrest?a1475
bewrya1522
wry?1521
to make a Welshman's hose ofa1529
writhea1533
wrest1533
invert1534
wring?1541
depravate1548
rack1548
violent1549
wrench1549
train1551
wreathe1556
throw1558
detorta1575
shuffle1589
wriggle1593
distortc1595
to put, set, place, etc. on the rack1599
twine1600
wire-draw1610
monstrify1617
screw1628
corrupt1630
gloss1638
torture1648
force1662
vex1678
refract1700
warp1717
to put a force upon1729
twist1821
ply1988
1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. To Rdr. 12 How punctuall he is in his recitings, marring and monstrifying anothers directest meaning, with his..prodigious interpunctions.
1715 C. Molloy Perplex'd Couple iii. i. 35 You've [sic] have nam'd it, only monstrify'd me, that's all.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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