tractation
English
Etymology
From Latin tractatio.
Noun
tractation
- (obsolete) treatment or handling of a subject; discussion
- 1619, Joseph Hall, Via media, The Way of Peace
- a full tractation of the points controverted
- 1619, Joseph Hall, Via media, The Way of Peace
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tractation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- attraction
French
Pronunciation
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Noun
tractation f (plural tractations)
- negotiation
Further reading
- “tractation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.