vt to write in large characters, as in text hand.
2. text ·noun the four gospels, by way of distinction or eminence.
3. text ·noun hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.
4. text ·noun a style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing; as, german text.
5. text ·noun a verse or passage of scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
6. text ·noun a discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.