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nd by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility. How can any one imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius Addison.

That part of botany which treats of the grasses.

An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance.

To cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an albuminous solution; as, to albuminize paper.

The science which treats of the nature of truth and evidence. Sir W. Hamilton.

That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude.

The study or treatment of diseases of the mind.

One who treats diseases of the mind. Ed. Rev.

To treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it.

es, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.

se of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy.

m a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy; -- often followed by to or with. O chief! in blood, and now in arms allied. Pope.

A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations.

rmined by lot and at other times in regular order. The practice obtains in the signing of treaties and conventions between nations.

To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum. Ure.

To treat impregnate with alum; to alum.

blic apology or recantation, and reparation to an injured party, for improper language or treatment.

between individuals, societies, or nations; friendly relations; good understanding; as, a treaty of amity and commerce; the amity of the Whigs and Tories. To live on terms of amity with vice. Cowper.

Of no particular kind or character; anomalous. Scientific treatises . . . are not seldom rude and amorphous in style. Hare. -- A*mor"phous*ly, adv. -- A*mor"phous*ness, n.

A treatise on amphibious animals; the department of natural history which treats of the Amphibia.