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That part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases.

The science which treats of the mechanical action or relations of heat.

Treatment of disease by heat, esp. by hot air.

To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt. If thou thouest him some thrice, it shall not be amiss. Shak.

The doctrine of nutrition; a treatise on nutrition.

A discourse or treatise upon the tides; that part of science which treats of tides. J. S. Mill.

The science of obstetrics, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition. [Written also tokology.]

To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment. To tone down. (a) To cause to give lower tone or sound; to give a lower tone to. (b) (Paint.) To modify, as color, by making it less brilliant or less crude; to modify, as a composition of color, by making it more harmonius. Its thous…

d or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess. If you tope in form, and treat. Dryden.

A treatise on forms of argument; a system or scheme of forms or commonplaces of argument or oratory; as, the Topics of Aristotle. These topics, or loci, were no other than general ideas applicable to a great many different subjects, which the orator was directed to consult. Blair. In this question by [reason] I do not…

To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of. Storial thing that toucheth gentilesse. Chaucer.

One versed in toxicology; the writer of a treatise on poisons.

The science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes, and recignition; also, a discourse or treatise on the science.

To treat foolishly. [Obs.] E. Dering (1576).

A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion. The church clergy at that writ the best collection of tracts against popery that ever appeared. Swift. Tracts for the Times. See Tractarian.

A treatise; a tract; an essay. Agreeing in substance with Augustin's, from whose fourteenth Tractate on St. John the words are translated. Hare.

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

Treating of; handling. [R.]

Two small, pointed rods of metal, formerly used in the treatment called Perkinism.

Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult. Cowper.