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Definitions for treatise
ˈtri tɪstrea·tise

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. treatisenoun

    a formal exposition

Wiktionary

  1. treatisenoun

    A formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Treatisenoun

    Discourse; written tractate.

    Etymology: tractatus, Latin.

    The time has been my fell of hair
    Wou’d at a dismal treatise rouze, and stir
    As life were in’t. William Shakespeare.

    Besides the rules given in this treatise to make a perfect judgment of good pictures, there is required a long conversation with the best pieces. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

Wikipedia

  1. Treatise

    A treatise is a formal and systematic written discourse on some subject, generally longer and treating it in greater depth than an essay, and more concerned with investigating or exposing the principles of the subject and its conclusions. A monograph is a treatise on a specialized topic.

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  1. treatise

    A treatise is a detailed, written account or scholarly work on a particular subject, often covering its various aspects in a systematic and thorough way. It is typically intended to provide extensive information or to propose or explain a theory or viewpoint.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Treatisenoun

    a written composition on a particular subject, in which its principles are discussed or explained; a tract

  2. Treatisenoun

    story; discourse

Wikidata

  1. Treatise

    A treatise is a formal and systematic written discourse on some subject, generally longer and treating it in greater depth than an essay, and more concerned with investigating or exposing the principles of the subject.

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  2. teariest

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of treatise in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of treatise in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of treatise in a Sentence

  1. John Henry Cardinal Newman:

    A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.

  2. Letitia Elizabeth Landon:

    Every age has its characteristic, and our present one is not behind its predecessors in that respect ; it is the age of systems, every system enforced by a treatise.

  3. Matt Damon:

    The word that my daughter calls the' f-slur for a homosexual' was commonly used when I was Matt Damon, with a different application, i made a joke, months ago, and got a treatise from my daughter. She left the table. I said,' Come on, that's a joke ! I say it in the movie' Stuck on You !''.

  4. Matt Damon:

    I made a joke, months ago, and got a treatise from my daughter. She left the table. I said,' Come on, that's a joke ! I say it in the movie' Stuck on You !''.

  5. Kym Worthy:

    It has been almost a decade since the Detroit kits were found and this treatise made my blood boil. I am more outraged, infuriated, and incensed than I was then, the next person that knowingly destroys a sexual assault kit needs to go to jail. I do not know how anyone that claims to be human can continue to ignore this issue in this country after reading this truth.

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