English Explanatory Dictionary

tractate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A treatise.

Word forms

tractate tractates

Etymology

From Middle English tractate, from Latin tractātus, past participle of tractō (“discuss”), the iterative or frequentative of trahō. Doublet of treaty.

Related words

tract treatise treaty
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