[This is a MPIWG MPDL language technology service] |
Tract (n.) A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.
Tract (v.) Something drawn out or extended; expanse.
Tract (v.) A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea.
Tract (v.) Traits; features; lineaments.
Tract (v.) The footprint of a wild beast.
Tract (v.) Track; trace.
Tract (v.) Treatment; exposition.
Tract (v.) Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech.
Tract (v.) Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.
Tract (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.
Tract (v. t.) To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.