Both Uses of
distort
in
The Ramayana
- Such speech of theirs the monarch heard, Though rage distorted every word, And to the hermits made reply: "You, like your sire, my suit deny.†
Book 1distorted = altered in an unnatural or untrue way
- And what they one and all reply When summoned by this mandate high, To me with faithful care report, Omit no word and none distort.†
Book 1 *
Definition:
to alter something in an unnatural or untrue way