Sekirov Dictionary

treaty

/ˈtɹiːti/

noun 7
verb 2
forms 3

noun7

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A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact.
- 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: […] — 1716
Chiefly in private treaty: an agreement or settlement reached following negotiations; a compact, a contract, a covenant.
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(no longer used) Chiefly in in treaty: discussions or negotiations in order to reach an agreement.
- 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. — 1680
(no longer used) The addressing or consideration of a subject; discussion, treatment.
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(no longer used) The manner or process of treating someone or something; treatment; also, the manner in which someone or something acts or behaves; behaviour.
- Hos[t]. They call me Good-stock. / Lov[el]. Sir, and you confesse it, / Both i'your language, treaty, and your bearing. — 1629
(no longer used) A formal, systematic discourse on some subject; a treatise.
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(no longer used) An act of beseeching or entreating; an entreaty, a plea, a request.
- 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. — 1606

verb2

To get into (a specific situation) through a treaty.
To enter into a treaty.

forms

treatied · treatying · treaties

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