tractate
1Tractate — Tract ate, n. [L. tractatus a touching, handling, treatise. See Tractable, and {Tract} a treatise, {Treaty}.] A treatise; a tract; an essay. [1913 Webster] Agreeing in substance with Augustin s, from whose fourteenth Tractate on St. John the… …
2tractate — index pandect (treatise) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3tractate — [trak′tāt΄] n. [LL tractatus, discussion, treatise < pp. of L tractare: see TRACTABLE] a treatise or dissertation …
4tractate — noun Etymology: Latin tractatus, from tractare to draw out, handle, treat more at treat Date: 15th century treatise, dissertation …
5tractate — /trak tayt/, n. a treatise; essay. [1425 75; late ME < ML tractatus, L: handling, treatment, equiv. to tracta(re) to handle, treat (freq. of trahere to draw) + tus suffix of v. action] * * * …
6tractate — noun a treatise See Also: tract, treatise …
7tractate — n. treatise, tract …
8tractate — [ trakteɪt] noun formal a treatise. Origin C15: from L. tractatus, from tractare to handle …
9tractate — trac·tate …
10tractate — trac•tate [[t]ˈtræk teɪt[/t]] n. 1) a treatise; essay 2) any of the books of the Talmud • Etymology: 1425–75; < ML tractātus, der. of Ltractā(re) to handle, treat (freq. of trahere to draw) …
