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单词 tractive
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tractiven.

Etymology: < Latin tractāre to treat (compare tract v.1) + -ive suffix.
Scottish. Obsolete.
= tractate n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > [noun]
drawth1340
treatisea1375
commentc1400
treatc1400
treatyc1400
tract1432
tractate1474
disputationa1533
commentary1547
tractive1558
tractation1563
diatribe1581
examen1606
dispute1608
ergasy1637
hippiatrics1646
disquisition1647
dissertation1651
tractic1651
supernaturals1676
adenography1689
1558 Q. Kennedy (title) Ane compendius Tractiue conforme to the Scripturis of almychtie God, ressoun, and authoritie.
c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 62 The haill lordis past to the tolbuith, and thair proponit ane lang tractive, callit the confessioun of our faith.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

tractiveadj.

Brit. /ˈtraktɪv/, U.S. /ˈtræktɪv/
Etymology: < Latin tract-, participial stem of trahĕre to draw, drag + -ive suffix.
a. Having the property of drawing or pulling; used for traction.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [adjective] > relating to or used in pulling
tractive1615
pully-hauly1820
tractional1877
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 179 The motion of the expulsiue faculty is one, and that of the tractiue another.
1691 W. Petty Treat. Naval Philos. in T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 118 Tractive and Pulsive forces upon swimming Bodies.
1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 122/2 The tractive power of the driving wheels is very much reduced.
1859 S. Smiles Life G. Stephenson 199 The kind of tractive power to be employed in working the railway.
1894 Athenæum 25 Aug. 260/1 This has necessitated much heavier engines to increase the tractive force.
b. figurative. Attractive, enticing. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [adjective]
tolling?c1225
ticinga1400
allectivec1487
illecebrous1531
alluring1534
tracting1535
wooing1549
enticing1553
training1557
tittling1560
luring1570
adamantine1581
baiting1585
winning1596
attractive1600
adamantic1605
adamantive1605
enticeable1607
soliciting1608
magnetic1611
invitinga1616
allurant1631
inescating1633
invitative1634
magnetical1638
invitatory1646
tractive1658
odalisque1837
Pied Piper1869
lureful1887
follow-me1888
luresome1889
come-hitherish1901
come-hither1905
come-hithery1919
invitational1922
come-hithering1935
1658 T. Meriton Love & War iv. ii. sig. H4v If your own Queen by tractive Operation, work effect.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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