reply immediately in an angry or humorousdistortway to sth. that sb. has saiddiscernreason by deductionretortnotice sth. esp. after thinking about itnegatecarefully or studying itproposechange sth. such as information so that it isinferno longer true or accurateinduceput forwarddraw ananalogydeny the truth of itbetween ...make a comparison between ...reason or establish by generalization