Accept such treatment as a swain affords.
Pope.
Trea"ture (?), n. Treatment. [Obs.] Fabyan.
Trea"ty (?), n.; pl. Treaties (#). [OE. tretee, F. traité, LL.
tractatus; cf. L. tractatus a handling, treatment, consultation,
tractate. See Treat, and cf. Tractate.] 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 treaty and by trains Her 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.