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noun

Text n.

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.

2.

(O. Eng. Law) The four Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence. (R.)

3.

A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine. "How oft, when Paul has served us with a text, Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully, preached!"

4.

Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.

5.

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

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.

7.

Any communication composed of words.

8.

A textbook.

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.

verb

Text v. t. To write in large characters, as in text hand. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Text'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Text" Quotes from Famous Books

... Wolfenschiessen—a young man of noble family, and a native of Unterwalden, who attached himself to the House of Austria, and was appointed Burvogt, or Seneschal, of the Castle of Rossberg. He was killed by Baumgarten in the manner, and for the cause, mentioned in the text. ...

— Wilhelm Tell - Title: William Tell • Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller

... been corrected without note, whilst more significant amendments have been listed at the end of the text. Dialect and archaic spellings have been retained. The letter 'e' with a macron has ...

— Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons - A Personal Experience, 1864-5 • Homer B. Sprague

... nothing in the teaching of Latin or Greek to inspire the student with any love of Greek or Latin literature. The professor never pointed out its beauties or illustrated the text in any way. The students, in succession, were called upon to construe a few lines, reading one or two Greek words and then giving their English equivalents. The time of the good scholar was taken up in hearing the recitation of the poor scholar and ...

— Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 • George Hoar

... "original" of Sir Richard Forrester's manuscript was never submitted to the inspection of the Deputy Register, as suggested by Scott; but it was published in a very handsome shape a dozen years later, and furnished a text for an article in the Quarterly, in which the authenticity of the book, and the claims of the author and his brother, were unsparingly criticised by the late Professor Skene of Glasgow.—See "The Heirs of the Stuarts" in Quarterly Review, ...

— The Journal of Sir Walter Scott - From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford • Walter Scott

... brought up on the Bible. His father believed that it ought to be, outside of his school text books, his only literature. His mother, with her Eastern traditions, thought otherwise. A Methodist circuit rider before the Civil War moved every year, and every year Mrs. Wilkins combed each new community for books. ...

— Benefits Forgot - A Story of Lincoln and Mother Love • Honore Willsie

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