| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To alter and spoil the natural form or appearance of: contort, deform, disfigure, misshape, twist. See BEAUTIFUL. 2. To give an inaccurate view of by representing falsely or misleadingly: belie, color, falsify, load, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp, wrench, wrest. Idioms: give a false coloring to. See TRUE.
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