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m under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adversary; clemency. Examples of justice must be made for terror to some; examples of mercy for comfort to others. Bacon.

A change or mutation; a change of disease, symptoms, or treatment.

The science or art of metals and metal working; also, a treatise on metals.

Treatment of disease by applying metallic plates to the surface of the body.

The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms, etc.

cilitate practical observation; as, the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise. "Methodical regularity." Addison.

The science of method or arrangement; a treatise on method. Coleridge.

The science of, or a system of, weights and measures; also, a treatise on the subject.

That department of medical science which treats of miasma.

That part of science which treats of microscopic objects, or depends on microscopic observation.

The science which treats of the means of increasing the intensity of low or weak sounds, or of the microphone.

To fix the mind or thoughts on; to regard with attention; to treat as of consequence; to consider; to heed; to mark; to note. "Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate." Rom. xii. 16. My lord, you nod: you do not mind the play. Shak.

The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to describe, distinguish, and classify them.

Kind treatment. [Obs.]

To do wrong to; to illtreat. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.

Bad treatment; abuse. Spenser.

To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents. South. The sweet poison of misused wine. Milton.

to dismiss as a lover; to reject the suit of. [Colloq.] -- To handle without mittens, to treat roughly; to handle without gloves. [Colloq.]

To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride. Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud. 1 Kings xviii. 27. Let not ambition mock their useful toil. Gray.