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detext

detext verb: to extract or remove from a text.

Verb

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

  1. (rare) To 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

Forms of detext

third-person singular presentdetexts
present participledetexting
past participledetexted
pastdetexted

Origin of detext

From de- + text.

Questions about detext

What does detext mean?
Detext means to extract or remove from a text.
What part of speech is detext?
Detext is a verb.
What is the past tense of detext?
The past tense of detext is detexted.

Words near detext in the dictionary

  1. detether
  2. detethered
  3. detethering
  4. detetherings
  5. detethers
  6. detext
  7. detexts
  8. deth
  9. dethatch
  10. dethatched
  11. dethatcher

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