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’.