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The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place. [R.]

to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo. London Spectator.

To subject to scorching heat, so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast, as ores.

Treatment or handling of a subject; discussion. [Obs.] A full tractation of the points controverted. Bp. Hall.

trade. Spenser. Or, I'll be buried in the king's highway, Some way of common trade, where subjects' feet May hourly trample on their sovereign's head. Shak.

Guilty of treason; treacherous; perfidious; faithless; as, a traitorous officer or subject. Shak.

A passing from one subject to another. [He] with transition sweet, new speech resumes. Milton.

Passing over to an object; expressing an action which is not limited to the agent or subject, but which requires an object to complete the sense; as, a transitive verb, for example, he holds the book. -- Tran"si*tive*ly, adv. -- Tran"si*tive*ness, n.

Incurring, or subject to, the punishment of transportation; as, a transportable offense.

To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.

One who treats; one who handles, or discourses on, a subject; also, one who entertains.

A written composition on a particular subject, in which its principles are discussed or explained; a tract. Chaucer. He published a treatise in which he maintained that a marriage between a member of the Church of England and a dissenter was a nullity. Macaulay.

Fit or possible to be tried; liable to be subjected to trial or test. "Experiments triable." Boyle.

Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior. He to grace his tributary gods. Milton.

ommon as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject. -- Trite"ly, adv. -- Trite"ness, n.

Of little worth or importance; inconsiderable; trifling; petty; paltry; as, a trivial subject or affair. The trivial round, the common task. Keble.

That which is true or certain concerning any matter or subject, or generally on all subjects; real state of things; fact; verity; reality. Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor. Zech. viii. 16. I long to know the truth here of at large. Shak. The truth depends on, or is only arrived at by, a legitimate deduction…

To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause suffering or trouble to. Thus far to try thee, Adam, I was pleased. Milton. Thomas Paine (1776)

ive over; to reduce. (c) To divert; to deflect; as, to turn off the thoughts from serious subjects; to turn off a joke. (d) To accomplish; to perform, as work. (e) (Mech.) To remove, as a surface, by the process of turning; to reduce in size by turning. (f) To shut off, as a fluid, by means of a valve, stopcock, or oth…

id body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft.