- (v.t.) To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.
- (v.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons.
- (v.) Treatment; exposition.
- (v.) Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech.
- (n.) A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.
- (v.) A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea.
- (v.) Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.
- (v.) The footprint of a wild beast.
- (v.) Track; trace.
- (v.) Something drawn out or extended; expanse.
- (v.) Traits; features; lineaments.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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