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n. [ L. contextus; cf. F. contexte . ] The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light upon its meaning. [ 1913 Webster ]

According to all the light that the contexts afford. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To knit or bind together; to unite closely. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whole world's frame, which is contexted only by commerce and contracts. R. Junius. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven. Dr. John Smith (1666). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. contexture. ] The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing; a weaving together of parts; structural character of a thing; system; constitution; texture. [ 1913 Webster ]

That wonderful contexture of all created beings. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Formed into texture; woven together; arranged; composed. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of interweaving, or the state of being interwoven; that which is interwoven. ”Knit in nice intertexture.” Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Skirted thick with intertexture firm
Of thorny boughs. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The text of a book. [ R. ] Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Infine + extine. ] (Bot.) A thin membrane existing in the pollen grains of some plants, and situated between the extine and the intine, as in Œnothera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inwrought; woven in. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A blundering preacher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Prætextæ E. Prætextas [ L. (sc. toga), fr. praetextus, p. p. of praetexere to weave before, to fringe, border; prae before + texere to weave. ] (Rom. Antiq.) A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. prétexte, L. praetextum, fr. praetextus, p. p. of praetexere to weave before, allege as an excuse; prae before + texere to weave. See Text. ] Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise. [ 1913 Webster ]

They suck the blood of those they depend on, under a pretext of service and kindness. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

With how much or how little pretext of reason. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Pretense; excuse; semblance; disguise; appearance. See Pretense. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pretext. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of weaving or forming again. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. texte, L. textus, texture, structure, context, fr. texere, textum, to weave, construct, compose; cf. Gr. te`ktwn carpenter, Skr. taksh to cut, carve, make. Cf. Context, Mantle, n., Pretext, Tissue, Toil a snare. ] 1. A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (O. Eng. Law) The four Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine. [ 1913 Webster ]

How oft, when Paul has served us with a text,
Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully, preached! Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing; as, German text. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. That part of a document (printed or electronic) comprising the words, especially the main body of expository words, in contrast to the illustrations, pictures, charts, tables, or other formatted material which contain graphic elements as a major component. [ PJC ]

7. Any communication composed of words. [ PJC ]

8. a textbook. [ PJC ]

Text blindness. (Physiol.) See Word blindness, under Word. --
Text letter, a large or capital letter. [ Obs. ] --
Text pen, a kind of metallic pen used in engrossing, or in writing text-hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To write in large characters, as in text hand. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A book with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for notes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A volume, as of some classical author, on which a teacher lectures or comments; hence, any manual of instruction; a schoolbook. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A large hand in writing; -- so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book in a large hand and the notes in a smaller hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. textilis, fr. texere to weave: cf. F. textile. See Text. ] Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics. [ 1913 Webster ]

Textile cone (Zool.), a beautiful cone shell (Conus textilis) in which the colors are arranged so that they resemble certain kinds of cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Textmen One ready in quoting texts. [ R. ] Bp. Sanderston. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. textorius, fr. textor a weaver, fr. texere, textum, to weave. ] Of or pertaining to weaving. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. textrinus, for textorinus, fr. textor a weaver. ] Of or pertaining to weaving, textorial; as, the textrine art. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. textuel, F. textuel. ] 1. Of, pertaining to, or contained in, the text; as, textual criticism; a textual reading. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Serving for, or depending on, texts. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Familiar with texts or authorities so as to cite them accurately. “I am not textuel.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A textman; a textuary. Lightfoot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a textual manner; in the text or body of a work; in accordance with the text. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A textuary. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. textuaire. ] 1. Contained in the text; textual. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Serving as a text; authoritative. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. textuaire. ] 1. One who is well versed in the Scriptures; a textman. Bp. Bull. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who adheres strictly or rigidly to the text. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Textual. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A textualist; a textman. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The crabbed textualists of his time. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to texture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. textura, fr. texere, textum, to weave: cf. F. texture. See Text. ] 1. The act or art of weaving. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which woven; a woven fabric; a web. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Others, apart far in the grassy dale,
Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The disposition or connection of threads, filaments, or other slender bodies, interwoven; as, the texture of cloth or of a spider's web. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The disposition of the several parts of any body in connection with each other, or the manner in which the constituent parts are united; structure; as, the texture of earthy substances or minerals; the texture of a plant or a bone; the texture of paper; a loose or compact texture. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Biol.) A tissue. See Tissue. [ 1913 Webster ]

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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Textured p. pr. & vb. n. Texturing. ] To form a texture of or with; to interweave. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]