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treating of

treating of is the present participle and gerund of treat of.

Meaning of treat of

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

Questions about treating of

What is treating of the present participle and gerund of?
Treating of is the present participle and gerund of treat of.

Words near treating of in the dictionary

  1. treating
  2. treating like dirt
  3. treating like garbage
  4. treating like shit
  5. treating like trash
  6. treating of
  7. treating with kid gloves
  8. treatings
  9. treatise
  10. treatiselike
  11. treatiser

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