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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Tractat(e, n. Also: tractact, tracteit, -it. [e.m.E. tractate (Caxton), tractat (Milton), L. tractātus.]
1. Negotiation, discussion. = Tretis(e n. 1.1533 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS II 154.
In sick thingis may happin mony dowtis requiring tractat, consultatioun and declaratioun 1551 Reg. Cupar A. II 68.
Ws … consydderit, and perfytlie vnderstand, and thairupone lang tractat had in our cheptour 1569 Canongate Ct. Bk. 67.
Quhilk inqueist past furth of court and eftir lang tractat weill and ryplie awisit [etc.]
2. A written treaty. = Tretis(e n. 2 b.1531–2 Treas. Acc. VI 45.
To Maister James Scott for writing of divers commissionis and tractatis, send with the saidis ambassatouris
3. A literary work; a treatise. = Tretis(e n. 4.c1515 Asl. MS I 196/12.
Heir endis this small tractact of the Scottis originale c1515 Asl. MS I 245/1.
Tractat 1549 Compl. 6/32.
[I] present to ȝour nobil grace ane tracteit of the fyrst laubir of my pen 1551 Hamilton Cat. 174.
Heir war ane convenient place to declare the nowmer, namis and vertew of the haly sacramentis, bot because thai require ane special tractit we think it best to deferre the declaratioun of thame to the third part 1562-3 Winȝet I 37/1.
Tractate c1568 Lauder Minor P. i 6.
Judge me nocht, that I haue done indyte This lytle tractate of malice or dispyte a1650 Row 502.
Tractat of commone service prefixed to our psalme-books 1688 Sinclair Doctrine Sphere 38.
To the doctrine of the sphere, is commonly annexed the geographical tractat of the zones
