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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Context \Con*text"\, adjective [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Context \Con"text\, noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Context \Con*text"\, verb (used with an object) 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
context
noun
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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "context": alentours, ambiance, ambience, ambit, background, borderlands, circle, circuit, circumambiencies, circumjacencies, circumstances, compass, entourage, environing circumstances, environment, environs, existing conditions, frame of reference, framework, full particulars, gestalt, habitat, ins and outs, milieu, neighborhood, outposts, outskirts, perimeter, periphery, precincts, purlieus, set of conditions, setting, situation, status quo, structure, suburbs, surround, surroundings, total environment, total situation, vicinage, vicinity, whole picture
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [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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