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tractate

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trac⋅tate

  [trak-teyt]
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–noun
a treatise; essay.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < ML tractātus, L: handling, treatment, equiv. to tractā(re) to handle, treat (freq. of trahere to draw) + -tus suffix of v. action
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trac·tate   (trāk'tāt')   
n.  A treatise; an essay.

[Latin tractātus; see tract2.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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