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trea·tise
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ˈtri
tɪs
/
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tree
-tis
]
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noun
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
Origin:
1300–50;
Middle English
tretis
<
Anglo-French
tretiz,
akin to
Old French
traitier
to
treat
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treatise
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. tretiz (c.1250), contracted from O.Fr. traiteiz, from Gallo-Romance *tractaticius, from L. tractare "to deal with" (see
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