3. To wring or wrest out of or away from; to get by force or by taking unfair advantage. “'Till the injurious Romans did extort this tribute from us, we were free.”
4. To bend, twist or turn back. A retort is a short and pointed reply turned back on an assailant. A retort tube is one twisted or bent back at one end.
5. The torch is so called because the wick is twisted like a rope.
6. Torment comes from tormentum, a machine (engine) for throwing stones to inflict torture.
7. The tortoise is so called because of its twisted or crooked feet.
8. Wringing pain; anguish of body or mind. “In ancient Greece, torture was never employed except in case of treason”.
tract = draw.
| 1. abs tract, away | 8. re tract, back |
| 2. at tract, to | 9. re treat, back |
| 3. con tract, together | 10. sub tract, under |
| 4. de tract, from | 11. trace |
| 5. dis tract, apart | 12. tract able, capable of |
| 6. ex tract, out | 13. trail |
| 7. pro tract, forward | 14. train |
1. To draw away; to consider apart. “In truth the object and sensation are the same thing and cannot be abstracted from each other.”
2. To draw to or toward. A magnet attracts iron filings.