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Webster 1913 Edition
Treaty
Trea′ty
,Noun.
pl.
Treaties
(#)
. 1.
The act of treating for the adjustment of differences, as for forming an agreement; negotiation.
“By sly and wise treaty.” Chaucer.
He cast by
Her to persuade.
treaty
and by trainsHer to persuade.
Spenser.
2.
An agreement so made; specifically, an agreement, league, or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns, or the supreme power of each state; an agreement between two or more independent states;
as, a
treaty
of peace; a treaty
of alliance.3.
A proposal tending to an agreement.
[Obs.]
Shak.
4.
A treatise; a tract.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Treaty
TRE'ATY
,Noun.
He cast by treaty and by trains
Her to persuade.
1.
An agreement, league or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns or the supreme power of each state. Treaties are of various kinds, as treaties for regulating commercial intercourse, treaties of alliance, offensive and defensive, treaties for hiring troops, treaties of peace, &c.2.
Intreaty. [Not in use.]