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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Context \Con"text\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Context \Con*text"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Context \Con*text"\, 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
context
n 1: discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to
determine its interpretation [syn: {linguistic context},
{context of use}]
2: the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
or event; "the historical context" [syn: {circumstance}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
context
That which surrounds, and gives meaning to something else.
In a {grammar} it refers to the symbols before and
after the symbol under consideration. If the syntax of a
symbol is independent of its context, the grammar is said to
be {context-free}.
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