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Tractive, n. Also: tractiwe. [L. tractāre. Cf. Tractat(e n.] A literary work on a particular subject, a treatise. — 1558 Q. Kennedy Tractive 97.
I wald dilait ȝour questioun, and put my jugement thairof in wryte, makand ane tractive of the samyn a1561 Q. Kennedy Breif Tract. (ed.) 146/12.
Nowe vil ve concluid our litell tractiwe exhortand the pestilent preacheouris puft vp with vayne glore … that [etc.] 1563 Misc. Wodrow Soc. 187.
He excerptit furth of this hale buik, ane schort tractive, contening the hale mater of his buik 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 280.
The ministaris presentit … ane tractive [pr. tracture] callit the confessioun of our faith