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CIDE DICTIONARY

tractation, n. [L. tractatio.].

Treatment or handling of a subject; discussion. [1913 Webster]

"A full tractation of the points controverted." [1913 Webster]

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tractation

Dissertation

N dissertation, treatise, essay, thesis, theme, monograph, tract, tractate, tractation, discourse, memoir, disquisition, lecture, sermon, homily, pandect, excursus, commentary, review, critique, criticism, article, leader, leading article, editorial, running commentary, investigation, study, discussion, exposition, commentator, critic, essayist, pamphleteer, discursive, discoursive, disquisitionary, expository.

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