Treatable
(Treat"a*ble) 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.
A kind of treatable dissolution.
Hooker.
The heats or the colds of seasons are less treatable than with us.
Sir W. Temple. Treatably
(Treat"a*bly), adv. In a treatable manner. [Obs.]
Treater
(Treat"er) n. One who treats; one who handles, or discourses on, a subject; also, one who entertains.
Treatise
(Trea"tise) 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.
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. A treatise implies more form and method than an essay, but may fall short of the fullness and completeness
of a systematic exposition.
2. Story; discourse. [R.] Shak.
Treatiser
(Trea"tis*er) n. One who writes a treatise. [Obs.]
Treatment
(Treat"ment) n. [Cf. F. traitement. See Treat.]
1. The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical
treatment.
2. Entertainment; treat. [Obs.]
Accept such treatment as a swain affords.
Pope. Treature
(Trea"ture) n. Treatment. [Obs.] Fabyan.
Treaty
(Trea"ty) 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.
He cast by treaty and by trains
Her to persuade.
Spenser. 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.
3. A proposal tending to an agreement. [Obs.] Shak.
4. A treatise; a tract. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Treble
(Tre"ble) a. [OE. treble threefold, OF. treble, treible, L. triplus. See Triple.]
