detext

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verb

To extract or remove from a text

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Meanings

verbdetext (third-person singular simple present detexts, present participle detexting, simple past and past participle detexted)

present singular third person detexts · participle present detexting · participle past detexted · past detexted

  1. rareTo extract or remove from a text

    The search for partial text parallels is helpful in order to detext interchangeable substitutions.

    1988, Peter Masson, editor, Indiana 11, page 14

Origin

From de- + text.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

texted
Cite this entry
APA

detext. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detext

MLA

“detext.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detext. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “detext,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detext.

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