v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Entreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Entreating. ] [ OE. entreten to treat, request, OF. entraiter to treat of; pref. en- (L. in) + traitier to treat. See Treat. ] 1. To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Fairly let her be entreated. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well. Jer. xv. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune. “Entreat my wife to come.” “I do entreat your patience.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I must entreat of you some of that money. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door. Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife. Gen. xxv. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade. [ 1913 Webster ]

It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom no prayers could entreat. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To invite; to entertain. [ Obs. ] “Pleasures to entreat.” Spenser.

Syn. -- To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate. See Beseech. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of which I shall have further occasion to entreat. Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alexander . . . was first that entreated of true peace with them. 1 Mac. x. 47. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make an earnest petition or request. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Entreaty. [ Obs. ] Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be entreated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Entreaty. [ Obs. ] Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who entreats; one who asks earnestly; a beseecher. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of entreaty. [ R. ] See Intreatful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an entreating manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Used in entreaty; pleading. [ R. ] “Entreative phrase.” A. Brewer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Entreaty; invitation. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Entreaties 1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment. Spenser.

Syn. -- Solicitation; request; suit; supplication; importunity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. estraite, prop., an extract, fr. p. p. of estraire to extract, F. extraire, fr. L.extrahere. See Extract. ] (Law) A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Estreat of a recognizance, the extracting or taking out a forfeited recognizance from among the other records of the court, for the purpose of a prosecution in another court, or it may be in the same court. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Estreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Estreating. ] (Law) (a) To extract or take out from the records of a court, and send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; -- said of a forfeited recognizance. (b) To bring in to the exchequer, as a fine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Estreat, Extract. ] Extraction. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to maltreat.
Syn. -- mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. physically abused. [ Narrower terms: assaulted, molested, raped ; battered, beaten ; misunderstood ]
Syn. -- abused, maltreated, mistreated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. cruel or inhumane treatment.
Syn. -- maltreatment, ill-usage, abuse. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. See Entreat. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + treatable. ] Not to be entreated; inexorable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Entreaty. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of entreaty. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Maltreat. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Maltreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Maltreating. ] [ Mal- + treat: cf. F. maltraiter. ] To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; [ Cf. F. maltraitement. ] Cruel or inhumane treatment; ill usage; abuse.
Syn. -- ill-treatment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat wrongfully. [ Obs. ] Grafton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat amiss; to abuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. physically abused. [ Narrower terms: assaulted, molested, raped; battered, beaten; misunderstood ]
Syn. -- abused, ill-treated, maltreated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Wrong treatment. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Med.) Orig., a method of therapeutic treatment administered, esp. for chronic diseases of the curculatory system, at Bad Nauheim, Germany, by G. Schott, consisting in baths in the natural mineral waters of that place, which are charged with carbonic acid, and the use of a graduated course of rest, physical exercises, massage, etc.; hence, any similar treatment using waters artificially charged with the essential ingredients of the natural mineral waters of Bad Nauheim. Hence, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Retreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Retreating. ] To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated from the field. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rapid currents drive
Towards the retreating sea their furious tide. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. retraite, fr. retraire to withdraw, L. retrahere; pref. re- re- + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf. Retract, Retrace. ] 1. The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable. [ 1913 Webster ]

In a retreat he o&unr_;truns any lackey. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The place to which anyone retires; a place or privacy or safety; a refuge; an asylum. [ 1913 Webster ]

He built his son a house of pleasure, and spared no cost to make a delicious retreat. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

That pleasing shade they sought, a soft retreat
From sudden April showers, a shelter from the heat. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil. & Naval.) (a) The retiring of an army or body of men from the face of an enemy, or from any ground occupied to a greater distance from the enemy, or from an advanced position. (b) The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat. (c) A signal given in the army or navy, by the beat of a drum or the sounding of trumpet or bugle, at sunset (when the roll is called), or for retiring from action. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A retreat is properly an orderly march, in which circumstance it differs from a flight. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Eccl.) (a) A special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises. (b) A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties of devotion; as, to appoint or observe a retreat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Retirement; departure; withdrawment; seclusion; solitude; privacy; asylum; shelter; refuge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnishing or serving as a retreat. [ R. ] “Our retreatful flood.” Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of retreating; specifically, the Hegira. [ R. ] D'Urfey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Treated; p. pr. & vb. n. Treating. ] [ OE. treten, OF. traitier, F. traiter, from L. tractare to draw violently, to handle, manage, treat, v. intens. from trahere, tractum, to draw. See Trace, v. t., and cf. Entreat, Retreat, Trait. ] 1. To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To entertain with food or drink, especially the latter, as a compliment, or as an expression of friendship or regard; as, to treat the whole company. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To treat the peace, a hundred senators
Shall be commissioned. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Med.) To care for medicinally or surgically; to manage in the use of remedies or appliances; as, to treat a disease, a wound, or a patient. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to treat a substance with sulphuric acid. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To entreat; to beseech. [ Obs. ] Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to make discussion; -- usually with of; as, Cicero treats of old age and of duties. [ 1913 Webster ]

And, shortly of this story for to treat. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now of love they treat. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation; -- often followed by with; as, envoys were appointed to treat with France. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inform us, will the emperor treat! Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give a gratuitous entertainment, esp. of food or drink, as a compliment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A parley; a conference. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bid him battle without further treat. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An entertainment given as an expression of regard. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. tretable, F. traitable, L. tractabilis. See Treat, and cf. Tractable. ] Manageable; tractable; hence, moderate; not violent. [ Obs. ] “ A treatable disposition, a strong memory.” R. Parr. [ 1913 Webster ]

A kind of treatable dissolution. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

The heats or the colds of seasons are less treatable than with us. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a treatable manner. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who treats; one who handles, or discourses on, a subject; also, one who entertains. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. tretis, OF. treitis, traitis, well made. See Treat. ] 1. A written composition on a particular subject, in which its principles are discussed or explained; a tract. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

He published a treatise in which he maintained that a marriage between a member of the Church of England and a dissenter was a nullity. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A treatise implies more form and method than an essay, but may fall short of the fullness and completeness of a systematic exposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Story; discourse. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who writes a treatise. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. traitement. See Treat. ] 1. The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Entertainment; treat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Accept such treatment as a swain affords. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Treatment. [ Obs. ] Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Treaties [ OE. tretee, F. traité, LL. tractatus; cf. L. tractatus a handling, treatment, consultation, tractate. See Treat, and cf. Tractate. ] 1. The act of treating for the adjustment of differences, as for forming an agreement; negotiation. “By sly and wise treaty.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

He cast by treaty and by trains
Her to persuade. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An agreement so made; specifically, an agreement, league, or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns, or the supreme power of each state; an agreement between two or more independent states; as, a treaty of peace; a treaty of alliance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A proposal tending to an agreement. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A treatise; a tract. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of being treated; not practicable. [ R. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]