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| tract | |
| 1. n. An area or expanse. |  |
| an unexplored tract of sea | |
| 2. n. A series of connected body organs, as in the digestive tract. | |
| 3. n. A small booklet such as a pamphlet, often for promotional or informational uses. | |
| 4. n. A brief treatise or discourse on a subject. | |
| 5. n. A commentator's view or perspective on a subject. | |
| 6. n. Continued or protracted duration, length, extent | |
| 7. n. 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 ot | |
| 8. n. (obsolete) Continuity or extension of anything. | |
| the tract of speech | |
| 9. n. (obsolete) Traits; features; lineaments. | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) The footprint of a wild animal. | |
| 11. n. (obsolete) Track; trace. | |
| 12. n. (obsolete) Treatment; exposition. | |
| 13. v. (obsolete) To pursue, follow; to track. | |
| 14. v. (obsolete) To draw out; to protract. | |
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