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English Dictionary: Tract	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tract n an extended area of land [syn: tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel] a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet Synonym(s): tract, pamphlet a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain Synonym(s): nerve pathway, tract, nerve tract, pathway
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tract \Tract\, v. t. To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact. [Obs.] --Spenser. --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tract \Tract\, n. [L. tractus a drawing, train, track, course, tract of land, from trahere tractum, to draw. Senses 4 and 5 are perhaps due to confusion with track. See {Trace},v., and cf. {Tratt}.] 1. Something drawn out or extended; expanse. [bd]The deep tract of hell.[b8] --Milton. 2. A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea. A very high mountain joined to the mainland by a narrow tract of earth. --Addison. 3. Traits; features; lineaments. [Obs.] The discovery of a man's self by the tracts of his countenance is a great weakness. --Bacon. 4. The footprint of a wild beast. [Obs.] --Dryden. 5. Track; trace. [Obs.] Efface all tract of its traduction. --Sir T. Browne. But flies an eagle flight, bold, and forthon, Leaving no tract behind. --Shak. 6. Treatment; exposition. [Obs.] --Shak. 7. Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech. [Obs.] --Older. 8. Continued or protracted duration; length; extent. [bd]Improved by tract of time.[b8] --Milton. 9. (R. C. Ch.) 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. Syn: Region; district; quarter; essay; treatise; dissertation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tract \Tract\, n. [Abbrev.fr. tractate.] A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion. The church clergy at that time writ the best collection of tracts against popery that ever appeared. --Swift. {Tracts for the Times}. See {Tractarian}.