treaty
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: The noun is derived from Middle English trete, trety (“bargaining, negotiation; discussion; conference, meeting; entreaty, persuasion; agreement, contract, covenant; arrangement, settlement; agreement between two rulers, states, etc.; written work on a particular subject, treatise; subdivision of a written work, section”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman treté, traité, treaté, and Old French traité, traitié [and other forms] (modern French traité (“agreement between two rulers, states, etc.; treatise”)); traité or traitié is:
* a noun use of the past participle of traiter (“to treat; to deal with, handle”), from Latin tractāre, the present active infinitive of tractō (“to drag, haul, tug; to handle, manage; to debate, discuss; to exercise, practise; to perform, transact”), from trahō (“to drag, pull”) + -tō (frequentative suffix); and
* also from Latin tractātum (“written work on a particular subject, treatise”), from Latin tractātus (“dragged, hauled, tugged; handled, managed; exercised, practised; performed, transacted”), the perfect passive participle of tractō (see above).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Inflected forms:
form: treaties
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: treaties
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: treatying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: treatied
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: treatied
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: to sign a peace treaty
to write up a treaty touching climate change
[T]he Duke of Britaine hauing beene an Hoſte, and a kind of Parent or Foſter-father to the King, in his tenderneſſe of age, and vveakneſſe of fortune, did looke for at this time from King Henry (the renovvned King of England) rather braue Troupes for his Succours, then a vaine Treatie of Peace.
Soon after his [James VI and I's] coming to the Crown of England he entered into ſecret treaties with Spain, in order to the forcing the States to a peace: […]
Exportation was encouraged ſometimes by dravvbacks, ſometimes by bounties, ſometimes by advantageous treaties of commerce with foreign ſtates, and ſometimes by eſtabliſhment of colonies in diſtant countries.
gloss: Chiefly in in treaty: discussions or negotiations in order to reach an agreement.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
uncountable
examples: To a meeting of the executors of late Viscˢˢᵉ Mordaunt's estate, to consider of the sale of Parsons Greene; being in treaty with Mr. Loftus, and to settle the halfe yeare's account.
gloss: Chiefly in private treaty: an agreement or settlement reached following negotiations; a compact, a contract, a covenant.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
gloss: The manner or process of treating someone or something; treatment; also, the manner in which someone or something acts or behaves; behaviour.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
uncountable
examples: Hoſ[t]. They call me Good-ſtock. / Lov[el]. Sir, and you confeſſe it, / Both i'your language, treaty, and your bearing.
gloss: The addressing or consideration of a subject; discussion, treatment.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
uncountable
gloss: A formal, systematic discourse on some subject; a treatise.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
examples: And though Galen doth ſometime nibble at Moſes, and beſide the Apoſtate Chriſtian, ſome Heathens have queſtioned his Philoſophicall part or treaty of the Creation: Yet is there ſurely no reaſonable Pagan, that will not admire the rationall and well grounded precepts of Chriſt; […]
The Miniſters in Holland did upon this occaſion ſhew a very particular violence. In their ſermons, and in ſome printed treaties, they charged the Judges with corruption, who had carried the ſentence no farther than to baniſhment: And compared the fate of the De Wits to Haman’s.
gloss: An act of beseeching or entreating; an entreaty, a plea, a request.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
examples: Now I must / To the young man ſend humble Treaties, dodge / And palter in the ſhifts of lovvnes, vvho / VVith halfe the bulke o' th' vvorld plaid as I pleas'd, / Making, and marring Fortunes.
gloss: To get into (a specific situation) through a treaty.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To enter into a treaty.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Related words: entreat
entreating
entreatingly
entreative
entreatment
entreaty
tractate
trait
treat
treatable
treatableness
treatably
treatise
treatment
protocol
exchange of letters
exchange of notes
Derived words: antitreaty
nontreaty
peace treaty
pretreaty
protreaty
treaty battleship
Treatyist
Treatyite
treatyless
treatylike
treatymaker
treatymaking
Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance
treaty port
unequal treaty
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