Definition of "contexture" []

• The act of weaving or assembling parts into a whole. (noun)
• An arrangement of interconnected parts; a structure. (noun)

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• "With what additional force must the practice and pursuit of the foregoing evils operate on female constitutions, whose frame and contexture are so delicate and tenderin this age, it is easier to meet with a mad, than an healthy woman of fashion.14"
• "That understanding which is peculiar to man is the understanding not only his will, but his conceptions and thoughts, by the sequel and contexture of the names of things into affirmations, negations, and other forms of speech: and of this kind of understanding I shall speak hereafter."
• "Thsi means, that point where the pasta is not raw anymore but still has a nice hard contexture."