torture1 (1163-70)
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torture1 (1163-70)

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[FEW: 13/ii,115a tortura; Gdf: 7,766b torteure; GdfC: 10,781c torture; TL: 10,464 torture; DEAF:  torture; DMF:  torture; TLF:  torture; OED:  torture n.; MED:  torture n.; DMLBS: 3460a tortura]
 

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1contortion, act of twisting: 
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiiex )  Ces sunt les mains Jhesu Crist ke ele vus devise, Sanz torture sunt turné e duré par cointise  2364
2(act of) wickedness, injustice: 
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  Ses tortures issi faiseit Cum s'il en eoust raisun e dreit  3785
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  E Deu ne veut nule torture, Mes justice, pes e dreiture  2577
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