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maltreateth

maltreateth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of maltreat.

Meaning of maltreat

Verb

maltreat (third-person singular simple present maltreats, present participle maltreating, simple past and past participle maltreated)

  1. To treat badly, to abuse.
    • he received a telegram from the prime minister ordering that on no account were Yacef and Zohra Drif to be maltreated in any way.1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books, published 2006, page 217
    Synonyms:
    brutalize

Origin of maltreateth

maltreat + -eth

Questions about maltreateth

What is maltreateth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Maltreateth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of maltreat.

Words near maltreateth in the dictionary

  1. maltreat
  2. maltreated
  3. maltreater
  4. maltreaters
  5. maltreatest
  6. maltreateth
  7. maltreating
  8. maltreatment
  9. maltreatments
  10. maltreator
  11. maltreators

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