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Webster 1913 Edition

Textual

Tex′tu-al

,

Adj.

[OE.

textuel

, F.

textuel

.]

1.

Of, pertaining to, or contained in, the text;

as,

textual

criticism; a

textual

reading

.

Milton.

2.

Serving for, or depending on, texts.

Bp. Hall.

3.

Familiar with texts or authorities so as to cite them accurately.

“I am not textuel.”

Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Textual

TEXT'UAL

,

Adj.

Contained in the text.

1.

Serving for texts.