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text   (těkst)   
n.  
    1. The original words of something written or printed, as opposed to a paraphrase, translation, revision, or condensation.
    2. The words of a speech appearing in print.
    3. Words, as of a libretto, that are set to music in a composition.
    4. Words treated as data by a computer.
  2. The body of a printed work as distinct from headings and illustrative matter on a page or from front and back matter in a book.
  3. One of the editions or forms of a written work: After examining all three manuscripts, he published a new text of the poem.
  4. Something, such as a literary work or other cultural product, regarded as an object of critical analysis.
  5. A passage from the Scriptures or another authoritative source chosen for the subject of a discourse or cited for support in argument.
  6. A passage from a written work used as the starting point of a discussion.
  7. A subject; a topic.
  8. A textbook.
tr.v.   text·ed, text·ing, texts
  1. To send a text message to: She texted me when she arrived.
  2. To communicate by text message: He texted that he would be late.

[Middle English texte, from Old French, from Late Latin textus, written account, from Latin, structure, context, body of a passage, from past participle of texere, to weave, fabricate; see teks- in Indo-European roots.]
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