Treatise Definition

trētĭs
treatises
noun
A formal, systematic article or book on some subject, esp. one in which the conclusions are based on a detailed consideration of factual evidence or governing principles.
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A narrative; tale.
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treatise
Plural:
treatises

Origin of Treatise

  • Middle English treatis from Anglo-Norman tretiz alteration of treteiz from Vulgar Latin tractātīcius from Latin tractātus past participle of tractāre to drag about, deal with treat

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Treatise Sentence Examples

  • In the same year he wrote a very popular treatise against drunkenness.

  • His treatise on numerical divisions, weights and measures (Distributio) is extant, with the exception of the concluding portion.

  • His most extensive single work is a book on Sound, which, in the second edition, has become a treatise on vibrations in general.

  • His latest work was Secreta Secretorum or Secrets of Old Philosophers, rhymed extracts from a pseudo-Aristotelian treatise.

  • In 1746 he published his treatise Les Beaux-Arts adults a un meme Principe, an attempt to find a unity among the various theories of beauty and taste, and his views were widely accepted.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRE

Words Ending With

ESEISE

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Words Starting With T and Ending With E

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