the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > negotiate > negotiate with (2)
to be in way with1480
With reference to specific conditions, without modifying adjective (or, in sense A. 20b(c), with… to be in way with: to be in negotiations with. to pu…
article1594
intransitive. To negotiate or arrange, esp. with a person or (occasionally) a thing. Now rare.