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intertexture|ɪntəˈtɛkstjʊə(r)| [f. L. intertext-, ppl. stem of intertexĕre (see prec.) + -ure: cf. texture.] 1. The action of interweaving; the fact or condition of being interwoven.
1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. i. Ad sect. v. §8 Like vowels pronunciable by the intertexture of a consonant. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Pope Wks. IV. 17 He always considered the intertexture of the machinery with the action, as his most successful exertion of the poetical art. 1841De Quincey Wks. (1857) VI. 388. 1855 Westcott Canon N. Test. ii. §7 (1881) I. 105 The same intertexture of the narratives of St. Matthew and St. Luke..characterise[s] the great mass of Justin's references to the Gospel-history. 2. quasi-concr. An intertwined or interwoven structure.
1651–3Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year i. xxiii. 302 They knew how to make them roare aloud with a slovenly and wanton word..as is to be seen in the intertextures of Aristophanes Comedies. 1666J. Smith Old Age (ed. 2) 112 There are several vessels appointed for that purpose, and many admirable..intertextures of them all. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Akenside Wks. IV. 291 The sense is carried on through a long intertexure of complicated clauses. 1784Cowper Task i. 111 Intertexture firm Of thorny boughs. 1893Traill Soc. Eng. Introd. 21 That endless intertexture of institutions of which contemporary society is made up. |