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▪ I. † maltreat, pa. pple. Obs. rare—1.
In 6 maletrait.
[? a. OF. maltrait, pa. pple. of maltraire to suffer.]
? Suffered.
1592W. Wyrley Armorie, Ld. Chandos 36 News him was brought..How Lord Clisson had lost his head they told And maletrait, the French kings ire t' appease.
▪ II. maltreat, v.|mælˈtriːt|
Also 8 maltrait, maletreat.
[a. F. maltraiter: see mal- and treat v.]
trans. To abuse, ill-use; to handle roughly or rudely; to ill-treat.
1708Collier Further Vind. View Stage 32 The Doctor [Filmer] agrees..the Clergy ought by no means to be maltraited [Dr. Filmer had used the word ‘abus'd’] and ridicul'd on the Stage. 1739Cibber Apol. (1756) I. 61 This indignity cast upon a gentleman only for having maltreated a player was [etc.]. 1759Sterne Tr. Shandy II. xvii, Yorick, indeed, was never better served in his life!—but it was a little hard to male-treat him after, and plunder him after he was laid in his grave. 1859Holland Gold F. iv. 49 It is against the law that she turn them out of doors, or kill them, or maltreat them in any way. 1868C. M. Yonge Cameos I. xxxiv. 290 The jurymen..were often liable to be beaten and maltreated in revenge. 1881Saintsbury Dryden 172 The metre, though a well-known English critic has maltreated it of late, is a very fine one.
Hence malˈtreated ppl. a.
1829Carlyle Misc. (1857) II. 28 The cheerful thraldom of this maltreated philosopher. 1864Reader IV. 477/2 We cannot take leave of this maltreated book without [etc.]. 1901Spectator 20 July 94/2 An unskilful physician was imprisoned by the family of a maltreated patient. |