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Webster 1913 Edition
Text
Text
(tĕkst)
, Noun.
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
Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully, preached!
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.
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.