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To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of. Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator. Dryden.

That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; -- commonly called dioptrics. Encyc. Brit.

The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. Dryden.

g a cushion and bisected transversely by a balk line. Object balls in an anchor space are treated as in balk.

That part of anatomy which treats of blood vessels and lymphatics.

meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo-Irish. Anglo-American, . Of or pertaining to the English and Americans, or to the descendants of Englishmen in America. -- n. A descendant from English ancestors born in America, or the United States.…

A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.

That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations. P. Cyc.…

decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty. A kind of appeal to the Deity, the author of wonders. Bacon.

One who appeals or entreats.

The department of zoölogy which treats of spiders and other Arachnida.

A description of, or a treatise on, antiquity or antiquities.

The science of, or a treatise on, first principles. Fleming.

That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, its nature, and the means of attaining to it.

To debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well argued.

That branch of hplwaldry which treats of coat armor. The science of heraldry, or, more justly speaking, armory, which is but one branch of heraldry, is, without doubt, of very ancient origin. Cussans.

To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic.

That part of anatomy which treats of arteries.

That part of anatomy which treats of the dissection of the arteries.

That part of anatomy which treats of joints.