n.
     - a written or printed work regarded in terms of content rather than form. 
▸the original words of an author or document.
 ▸Computing  data corresponding to a body of writing.
 - the main body of a book or other piece of writing, as distinct from appendices, illustrations, etc.
 - a written work chosen as a subject of study. 
▸a passage from the Bible or other religious work, especially as the subject of a sermon.
 - a text message.
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(also text-hand)
 archaic fine, large handwriting, used especially for manuscripts.
 
v.
 send a text message to.
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: from Old North. Fr. texte, from L. textus ‘tissue, literary style’ (in med. L., ‘Gospel’), from text-, texere ‘weave’.