Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Context \Con"text\, n. [L. contextus; cf. F. contexte .]
   The part or parts of something written or printed, as of
   Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence,
   or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light
   upon its meaning.

         According to all the light that the contexts afford.
                                                  --Sharp.

Context \Con*text"\, v. t.
   To knit or bind together; to unite closely. [Obs.] --Feltham.

         The whole world's frame, which is contexted only by
         commerce and contracts.                  --R. Junius.

Context \Con*text"\, a. [L. contextus, p. p. of contexere to
   weave, to unite; con- + texere to weave. See {Text}.]
   Knit or woven together; close; firm. [Obs.]

         The coats, without, are context and callous. --Derham.

Source : WordNet®

context
     n 1: discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to
          determine its interpretation [syn: {linguistic context},
           {context of use}]
     2: the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
        or event; "the historical context" [syn: {circumstance}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

context
     
        That which surrounds, and gives meaning to, something else.
     
         In a {grammar} it refers to the symbols before and
        after the symbol under consideration.  If the syntax of a
        symbol is independent of its context, the grammar is said to
        be {context-free}.