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treatize

treatize is the obsolete form of treatise.

Meaning of treatise

Noun

treatise (plural treatises)

  1. A formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject.
    • [M]y Fell of haire / VVould at a diſmall Treatiſe rovvze, and ſtirre / As life vvere in't.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Forms of treatize

pluraltreatizes

Questions about treatize

What is treatize the obsolete form of?
Treatize is the obsolete form of treatise.

Words near treatize in the dictionary

  1. treatise
  2. treatiselike
  3. treatiser
  4. treatisers
  5. treatises
  6. treatize
  7. treatizes
  8. treatler
  9. treatlers
  10. treatless
  11. treatment

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