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treat of

treat of verb: to deal with (a subject).

Verb

treat of (third-person singular simple present treats of, present participle treating of, simple past and past participle treated of)

  1. (dated) To deal with (a subject).
    • In the same way, palaeichthyology, or that branch of natural science which treats of fossil fishes, extends our information from the existing fauna back to the earliest advent of vertebrate life upon our globe […]1905, Charles Rochester Eastman, A brief general account of fossil fishes

Forms of treat of

third-person singular presenttreats of
present participletreating of
past participletreated of
pasttreated of

Questions about treat of

What does treat of mean?
Treat of means to deal with (a subject).
What part of speech is treat of?
Treat of is a verb.
What is the past tense of treat of?
The past tense of treat of is treated of.

Words near treat of in the dictionary

  1. treat like a Make-A-Wish kid
  2. treat like dirt
  3. treat like garbage
  4. treat like shit
  5. treat like trash
  6. treat of
  7. treat them mean, keep them keen
  8. treat with kid gloves
  9. treat-to-target
  10. treatabilities
  11. treatability

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