Definition of tract

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Tract (v.) 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..

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Styptic :: Styptic (a.) Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent.
Scoop :: Scoop (n.) A spoon-shaped instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies..
Breach :: Breach (n.) Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise..
Helenin :: Helenin (n.) A neutral organic substance found in the root of the elecampane (Inula helenium), and extracted as a white crystalline or oily material, with a slightly bitter taste..
Incur :: Incur (v. t.) To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; to become liable or subject to; to bring down upon one's self; to encounter; to contract; as, to incur debt, danger, displeasure/ penalty, responsibility, etc..
Distractious :: Distractious (a.) Distractive.
Constrictor :: Constrictor (n.) That which constricts, draws together, or contracts..
Brevity :: Brevity (n.) Contraction into few words; conciseness.
Attracter :: Attracter (n.) One who, or that which, attracts..
Corrugant :: Corrugant (a.) Having the power of contracting into wrinkles.
Wa''n''t :: Wa'n't () A colloquial contraction of was not.
Synizesis :: Syngraph (n.) A writing signed by both or all the parties to a contract or bond.
Astringe :: Astringe (v. t.) To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.
Intractability :: Intractability (n.) The quality of being intractable; intractableness.
Contrahent :: Contrahent (a.) Entering into covenant; contracting; as, contrahent parties..
Assurance :: Assurance (n.) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death..
Myosis :: Myosis (n.) Long-continued contraction of the pupil of the eye.
Capable :: Capable (a.) Possessing legal power or capacity; as, a man capable of making a contract, or a will..
Congelation :: Congelation (n.) The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing..
Contraction :: Contraction (n.) The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as liabilities, obligation, debts, etc.; the process of becoming subject to; as, the contraction of a disease..
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