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(1):

(v.) Treatment; exposition.

(2):

(v.) A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea.

(3):

(v.) Something drawn out or extended; expanse.

(4):

(n.) A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.

(5):

(v.) The footprint of a wild beast.

(6):

(v.) Traits; features; lineaments.

(7):

(v.) Track; trace.

(8):

(v.) Continued or protracted duration; length; extent.

(9):

(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.

(10):

(v. t.) To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact.

(11):

(v.) Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tract'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/tract.html. 1828.
 
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