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Text

Text

(tĕkst)
,
Noun.
[F.
texte
, L.
textus
, texture, structure, context, fr.
texere
,
textum
, to weave, construct, compose; cf. Gr.
τέκτων
carpenter, Skr.
taksh
to cut, carve, make. Cf.
Context
,
Mantle
,
Noun.
,
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
.
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

,
Verb.
T.
To write in large characters, as in text hand.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.

Webster 1828 Edition

Text

TEXT

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
T.
To write, as a text. [Not much used.]

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Text

Text

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German

Noun

Text m ‎(genitive Textes or Texts, plural Texte)

  1. text
  2. song lyrics

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English

Noun

text ‎(countable and uncountable, plural texts)

  1. A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
  2. A book, tome or other set of writings.
  3. (colloquial) A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones; an SMS text message.
  4. (computing) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text (often contrasted with binary data).
  5. A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
  6. Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.; topic; theme.
  7. A style of writing in large characters; text-hand; also, a kind of type used in printing.
    German text

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Verb

text ‎(third-person singular simple present texts, present participle texting, simple past and past participle texted or text)

  1. (transitive) To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones.
    Just text me when you get here.
    I'll text the address to you as soon as I find it.
  2. (intransitive) To send and receive text messages.
    Have you been texting all afternoon?
  3. To write in large characters, as in text hand.
    • 1607–21, Phillip Massinger, Beaumont and Fletcher, The Tragedy of Thierry and Theodoret, Act 2, Scene 1:
      I wish / (Next to my part of Heav'n) that she would spend / The last part of her life so here, that all / Indifferent judges might condemn me for / A most malicious slanderer, nay, text it / Upon my forehead
    • 2009, Lain Fenlon, Early Music History: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Music (Music), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521746540, page p. 223:
      The basic plan is simple. For the first two phrases the texted line is above the untexted; for the next two, bring us to the midpoint cadence, the texted line is for the most part lower; and the in the second half the texted material starts lower, moves into the upper position and finally occupies the bottom range again.

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to send a text message to

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin textus, perfect passive participle of texō ‎(“weave”).

Noun

text m ‎(plural texts or textos)

  1. a text

Czech

Noun

text m

  1. text
    text knihy — the text of the book
    text písně — lyrics
    text smlouvy — the text of the contract

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Kurdish

Etymology

From Persian تخت ‎(taxt).

Noun

text ? m

  1. throne
  2. bed
  3. wood, tree

Related terms

  • textî
  • textîn
  • textînî

References

  • Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 389

Swedish

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Noun

text c

  1. text

Declension

Inflection of text 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative text texten texter texterna
Genitive texts textens texters texternas

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin textus.

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