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treaties 音标拼音: [tr'itiz] Treaty \ Trea" ty\, n.; pl. { Treaties}. [ OE. tretee, F. trait[' e], 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]
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