Category:Text

Text, n. Etym: [f. texte, l. textus, texture, structure, context, fr. Texere, textum, to weave, construct, compose; cf. Gr. 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)

Defn: 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. 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.

Text Text, v. t.

Defn: to write in large characters, as in text hand. [obs.] Beau. & Fl.