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discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agree…

To treat or make terms. [Obs.] Shak.

etics that take up their quarters in deserts. Norris. Ascetic theology, the science which treats of the practice of the theological and moral virtues, and the counsels of perfection. Am. Cyc.

To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. [Archaic] Your rhymes assassinate our fame. Dryden. Such usage as your honorable lords Afford me, assassinated and betrayed. Milton.

w; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense. While nymphs take treats, or assignations give. Pope.

The science which treats of the celestial bodies, of their magnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution, eclipses, constitution, physical condition, and of the causes of their various phenomena.

The science treating of the physical characteristics of the stars and other heavenly bodies, their chemical constitution, light, heat, atmospheres, etc.

Any place of retreat and security. Earth has no other asylum for them than its own cold bosom. Southey.

Treatment of disease by vapors or gases, as by inhalation.

That branch of science which treats of the laws and phenomena of aqueous vapor. Whewell.

The science or a treatise on the atmosphere.

To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt. [Obs. or Archaic] It made the laughter of an afternoon That Vivien should attempt the blameless king. Thackeray.

ition assumed or studied to serve a purpose; as, a threatening attitude; an attitude of entreaty.

One skilled in treating and curing disorders of the ear.

To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on. [Obs.] Thy judgment in avenging thine enemies. Bp. Hall.

Silver ores suitable for treatment by amalgamation with mercury. [Sp. Amer.]

Pertaining to an acid produced by treating oleic with nitric acid. [R.]

To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle. Young.

in current of a stream; an eddy. -- To take the back track, to retrace one's steps; to retreat. [Colloq.]

A treatise on baths; the science of bathing.