tract /tɹækt/noun 12verb 3forms 3 noun12 •An area or expanse.a very high mountain joined to the mainland by a narrow tract of earth — 1705 •A series of connected body organs, such as the digestive tract. •A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses. •A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.The church clergy at that writ the best collection of tracts against popery that ever appeared. — 1731 •Continued or protracted duration, length, extent •A commentator's view or perspective on a subject. •Part of the proper of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations, used instead of the alleluia during Lenten or pre-Lenten seasons, in a Requiem Mass, and on a few other penitential occasions. •(no longer used) Continuity or extension of anything. •(no longer used) The footprint of a wild animal. •(no longer used) Track; trace.Efface all tract of its traduction. — 1650 •(no longer used) Treatment; exposition.The tract of every thing Would, by a good discourser, lose some life Which action's self was tongue to. — 1613 •(no longer used) Traits; features; lineaments.The discovery of a man's self by the tracts of his countenance is a great weakness. — 1625 verb3 •(no longer used) To pursue, follow; to track.Where may that treachour then (said he) be found, / Or by what meanes may I his footing tract? — 1590 •(no longer used) To treat, discourse, negotiate. •(no longer used) To draw out; to protract.Speak to me , muse , the man , who after Troy was sack'd , Saw many towns and men , and could their manners tract. — 1616 formstracted · tracting · tracts
