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▪ I. treating, vbl. n.|ˈtriːtɪŋ|
[f. treat v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb treat.
1. Negotiation of terms.
1375Barbour Bruce xiv. 8 He send and had treting With the erischry of Irland. c1440Jacob's Well 207 Be tretyng or counseylyng þei myȝte haue sped bettere. 1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. cxix. [cxv.] 341 We be in treatynge togyther.., wherfore we wolde gladly make an exchaunge with certayne prisoners. 1638R. Baker tr. Balzac's Lett. (vol. II) 147 If in treating together, we should not sometimes violate the laws of our Art, [etc.].
2. Discoursing, discussion.
c1450tr. De Imitatione i. x. 10 Tretyng and talking of seculer dedes,..lettiþ muche. 1720Waterland Eight Serm. 114, I was once inclinable to defer the Treating of it some time longer.
3. Behaviour towards a person, etc.; usage.
1549Compl. Scotl. viii. 74 Al the gude treittyng that scottis men gettis in ingland changis in ane vile seruitude. 1588A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 36 Irrewerent traicting of y⊇ name of god.
†4. Entreaty, beseeching. Obs.
1595Daniel Civ. Wars ii. lxxxix, With earnest 'treating she procur'd her Passe To come to him.
5. Regaling, feasting, entertaining; spec. the action of providing a person (wholly or partly at one's own expense) with food or drink at a parliamentary or other election in order to obtain (or in return for) his vote; bribery or corruption by feasting (illegal in Great Britain since 1854 by 17 & 18 Vict. c. 102, §4).
1709Steele Tatler No. 73 ⁋14 An evil and pernicious Custom has of late..prevailed at the Election of Aldermen, by treating at Taverns and Alehouses, thereby engaging many unwarily to give their Votes. 1842Act 5 & 6 Vict. c. 102 (title) An Act for the better Discovery and Prevention of Bribery and Treating at the Election of Members of Parliament. 1863H. Cox Instit. i. viii. 116 Treating..invalidates the vote of an elector treated.
6. attrib. † treating-house, a house of entertainment or refreshment, an eating-house (obs.).
1680in Verney Mem. (1907) II. 369 Eate a Tart at the treating house by Knightsbridge. 1704Gentl. Instr. iii. (1713) 353 His first jaunt is to a Treating-house.
▪ II. ˈtreating, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That treats, in any sense of the verb; in quot., negotiating, discussing terms.
1820A. Ranken Hist. France VIII. i. iv. 95 The principal treating powers agreed to employ their endeavours in terminating the war. |