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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Context

Con·text′ (kŏn·tĕkst′), a. [L. contextus, p. p. of contexere to weave, to unite; con- + texere to weave. See Text.] Knit or woven together; close; firm. [Obs.]

The coats, without, are context and callous. Derham.

Con′text (kŏn′tĕkst), n. [L. contextus; cf. F. contexte .] The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light upon its meaning.

According to all the light that the contexts afford. Sharp.

Con·text′ (kŏn·tĕkst′), v. t. To knit or bind together; to unite closely. [Obs.] Feltham.

The whole world's frame, which is contexted only by commerce and contracts. R. Junius.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.