v. Obs. [ad. L. contex-ĕre to weave together, interweave, join together, compose, f. con- + texĕre to weave. (Cf. It. contessere in same senses.)] trans. To weave together; to form, construct, or compose as by interweaving of parts.
1542. Becon, Pathw. Prayer, Wks. (1843), 143. I should contex and make a work longer than the Iliads of … Homer.
1578. Banister, Hist. Man, V. 68. This body is called Panchreas … for that it is made and contexed of Glandulous flesh.
1626. Ailesbury, Passion Serm., 7. Esay … who seemes to contex a history, not write a prophesie.
1684. Boyle, Porousn. Anim. Bod., i. 5. The Corpuscles that are requisite to contex such differing parts, as Membranes, Fibres, etc.
