contex

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verb

To weave together; to form by interweaving.

OriginLatin contexere →
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Meanings

verbcontex (third-person singular simple present contexes, present participle contexing, simple past and past participle contexed)

present singular third person contexes · participle present contexing · participle past contexed · past contexed

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo weave together; to form by interweaving.

    Having examin'd also several kinds of Mushroms, I finde their texture to be somewhat of this kind, that is, to consist of an infinite company of small filaments, every way contex'd and woven together, so as to make a kind of cloth […].

    1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XXII

Origin

  1. Latincontexere
  2. Englishcontex

From Latin contexere.

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Chicago

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