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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TEXT, n. [L. textus, woven. See Texture.]
1. A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written. Thus we speak of the text or original of the Scripture, in relation to the comments upon it. Infinite pains have been taken to ascertain and establish the genuine original text.
2. A verse or passage of Scripture which a preacher selects as the subject of a discourse.
How oft, when Paul has serv'd us with a text,
Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully preach'd.
3. Any particular passage of Scripture, used an authority in argument for proof of a doctrine. In modern sermons, texts of Scripture are not as frequently cited as they were formerly.
4. In ancient law authors,the four Gospels, by way of eminence.
TEXT, v.t. To write, as a text. [Not much used.]
TEXT'-BOOK, n. In universities and colleges, a classic author written with wide spaces between the lines, to give room for the observations or interpretation dictated by the master or regent.
1. A book containing the leading principles or most important points of a science or branch of learning, arranged in order for the use of students.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" [syn: text, textual matter]
2: a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon"
3: a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy" [syn: textbook, text, text edition, schoolbook, school text] [ant: trade book, trade edition]
4: the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.); "pictures made the text easier to understand"

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French tiste, texte, from Medieval Latin textus, from Latin, texture, context, from texere to weave — more at technical Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) the original words and form of a written or printed work (2) an edited or emended copy of an original work b. a work containing such text 2. a. the main body of printed or written matter on a page b. the principal part of a book exclusive of front and back matter c. the printed score of a musical composition 3. a. (1) a verse or passage of Scripture chosen especially for the subject of a sermon or for authoritative support (as for a doctrine) (2) a passage from an authoritative source providing an introduction or basis (as for a speech) b. a source of information or authority 4. theme, topic 5. a. the words of something (as a poem) set to music b. matter chiefly in the form of words that is treated as data for processing by computerized equipment <a text-editing typewriter> 6. a type suitable for printing running text 7. textbook 8. a. something (as a story or movie) considered as an object to be examined, explicated, or deconstructed b. something likened to a text <the surfaces of daily life are texts to be explicated — Michiko Kakutani> 9. frame of reference 2 <updated to fit the women's lib text for consciousness raising — Judith Crist>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the main body of a book as distinct from notes, appendices, pictures, etc. 2 the original words of an author or document, esp. as distinct from a paraphrase of or commentary on them. 3 a passage quoted from Scripture, esp. as the subject of a sermon. 4 a subject or theme. 5 (in pl.) books prescribed for study. 6 US a textbook. 7 (in full text-hand) a fine large kind of handwriting esp. for manuscripts. Phrases and idioms: text editor Computing a system or program allowing the user to enter and edit text. text processing Computing the manipulation of text, esp. transforming it from one format to another. Derivatives: textless adj. Etymology: ME f. ONF tixte, texte f. L textus tissue, literary style (in med.L = Gospel) f. L texere text- weave

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Text Text (t[e^]kst), 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. 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! --Cowper. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(texts, texting, texted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The text of a book is the main part of it, rather than the introduction, pictures, or notes. The text is precise and informative. N-SING: the N 2. Text is any written material. A CD-ROM can store more than 250,000 pages of typed text. 3. The text of a speech, broadcast, or recording is the written version of it. A spokesman said a text of Dr Runcie's speech had been circulated to all of the bishops. N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n 4. A text is a book or other piece of writing, especially one connected with science or learning. Her text is believed to be the oldest surviving manuscript by a female physician. N-COUNT 5. A text is a written or spoken passage, especially one that is used in a school or university for discussion or in an examination. His early plays are set texts in universities. N-COUNT 6. A text is the same as a text message. I borrowed my wife's mobile phone last week and a text arrived from another man. N-COUNT 7. If you text someone, you send them a text message on a mobile phone. Mary texted me when she got home. VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Body (of a literary work, as distinguished from comments), true copy. 2. Verse (of Scripture), passage, sentence, clause, paragraph. 3. Topic, subject, theme, thesis.

Moby Thesaurus

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