treatable, tretable

[Fr. trait able.] 1. Moderate; not violent. "The heats or the colds of seasons are le treatable than with us."- Temple . 2. Tractable; easy to manage or come to terms with. "These lordes founde the kyng of Englande so treat able ."-Berners: Froi art; Cronycle , vol. i., ch. ccx. 3. Capable of being treated, discu ed, or handled. *treat-a-bly, adv . [Eng. treatab ( le ); -ly.] Moderately, tractably. "Leisurely and treat ably, as became a matter of so great importance."-Fuller: Worthies; General. treat-ēr, s. [Eng. treat , v.; -er.] 1. One who treats, handles, or discourses on a subject. "Speeches better becoming a senate of Venice, where the treaters are perpetual princes."-Wotton: Remains, p. 432. 2. One who entertains. treat-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [TREAT, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: 1. The act of one who treats. 2. Eng. Law : Specifically, the act of bribing in parliamentary or other elections with meat or drink. Every candidate who corruptly gives, causes to be given, or is acce ory to giving, or pays, wholly or in part, expenses for meat, drink, entertainment, or provision for any person, before, during, or after an election, in order to be elected, or for being elected, or for corruptly influencing any person to give or refrain from giving his vote, is guilty of treating, and forfeits £50 to any informer, with costs. Every voter who corruptly accepts meat, drink, or entertainment, shall be incapable of voting at such election, and his vote shall be void. *treating-house, s. A restaurant. "His first jaunt is to a treating-house." -Gentleman Instructed , p. 479. treat-Ise, *treat-yse, *tret-yse, *tret-is, s. [O. French traictis, treitis, tret is =well handled or nicely made.] 1. A written composition on some particular subject, in which its principles are discu ed or explained. Itmay denote a composition of any length, but it implies more form, method, and fullne than an e ay. "When we write a treatise, we consider the subject throughout. We strengthen it with arguments-we clear it of objections-we enter into details-and, in short, we leave nothing unsaid that properly appertains to the subject." -Gilpin : Preface to Sermons, i. treature *treat-ure, s. [TREAT, v .] Treatment. "All erthly kynges may know that theyr powers be vayne, and that none is worthy to haue the name of a kynge but he that hath all thynges subjecte to his hestes, as here is shewed, by worchynge of his treature by this water."-Fabyan: Chronycle, ch. cevi. treat'-, *tret-ee, s . [O. Fr. traicté ; Fr. traité =a treaty; prop. pa. par. of O. Fr. traicter ; Fr. traiter=to treat (q. v.).] 1. The act of treating or negotiating; negotiation; the act of treating for the adjustment of differences, or for forming an agreement; as, to try to settle matters by treaty . 4168 2. Playing or singing the highest part or most acute tone; as, a treble voice, a treble violin, . *B. As adv.: Triply, trebly, threefold. ""We will double What ever Hemskirk then hath prom is'd thee,' 'And I'll deserve it treble ." Beaum. & Flet.: Beggar's Bush , iv. 1. C. As substantive: I. Ord. Lang .: Three times as much. II. Music : 1. The highest vocal or instrumental part, sung by boys, or played by violins, flutes, oboes, clari. entreaty. "I must To the young man send humble treaties , dodge And palter in the depths of lowne ." Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra , iii. 11. 3. An agreement upon terms between two or more persons. 4. Specifically, an agreement, contract, or league between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commi ioners, duly accredited, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns or supreme authorities of each state. Treaties include all the various transactions into which states enter between themselves, such as treaties of peace, or of alliance, offensive or defensive, truces, conventions, . Treaties may be entered into for political or commercial purposes, in which latter form they are usually temporary. The power of entering into and ratifying treaties is vested in monarchies in the sovereign; in republics it is vested in the chief magistrate, senate, or executive council; in the United States it is vested in the President, by and with the consent of the Senate. Treaties may be entered into and signed by the duly authorized diplomatic agents of different states, but such treaties are subject to the approval and ratification of the supreme authorities. The most important treaties of the nineteenth century have been: the Treaty of Amiens, between Great Britain on the one part and France, Spain and Holland on the other, signed March 25-7, 1802; the Treaty of Paris, between France on the one part and Austria, Ru ia, Great Britain, and Pru ia on the other, signed May 30, 1814; the Treaty of Vienna (which long constituted the basis of the public law of Europe), between Austria, Spain, France, Great Britain, Portugal, Pru ia, Ru ia, and Sweden, signed June 9, 1815; the Convention between the United States and Great Britain, Nov. 13, 1826; the Washington Reciprocity Treaty between the United States and Great Britain, respecting Newfoundland fishery, commerce, ., July 2, 1854; the Treaty of Paris, between Ru ia on the one hand and France, Great Britain, Sardinia and Turkey on the other, March 30, 1856; the Treaty of Villa franc a, of which the preliminaries were signed between France and Austria on July 12, 1859; the Washington Treaty, settling Alabama claims, ., May 8, 1871; the Treaty of Frankfort, between Germany and France, signed May 10, 1871; the Treaty of San Stefano, between Ru ia and Turkey, March 3, 1878; the Treaty of Berlin, again between Ru ia and Turkey, with the a ent of the other European Powers, Aug. 3, 1878; the Washington (fishery dispute), Feb. 15, 1888, and the Behring Sea Treaty, between the United States and Great Britain, in 1893; the treaty of Shunonoseki, between China and Japan in 1895; the Treaty of Paris, between Spain and the United States in 1898. [BEHRING SEA DISPUTE, PEACE TREATY, PROTOCOL.] *5. A treatise. trěb-I-ŭs, s. [The fictitious name of a dependent and parasite to whom Juvenal (v. 19) offered advice.] Entom.: A genus of Caligide. Head buckler shaped, with no sucking disks on the large frontal plates; thorax three-jointed; four pairs of legs with plumose hairs, the fourth pair slender, two branched; second pair of foot-jaws two-jointed, not framed into a sucking disk. Trebius caudatus is parasitic on the skate. The male is much larger than the female.