n. | 1. | A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion. |
| 1. | Something drawn out or extended; expanse. |
| 2. | A region or quantity of land or water, of indefinite extent; an area; as, an unexplored tract of sea. |
| 3. | Traits; features; lineaments. |
| 4. | The footprint of a wild beast. |
| 5. | Track; trace. |
| 6. | Treatment; exposition. |
| 7. | Continuity or extension of anything; as, the tract of speech. |
| 8. | Continued or protracted duration; length; extent. |
| 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. |
v. t. | 1. | To trace out; to track; also, to draw out; to protact. |