treatyn.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezra Prol. 32 But that to short tretee I come [L. sed ut ad compendium veniam].

1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton 3 The second partye pryncipal is the trayttye and alle the maner of this present book.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Treaty of any thyng, dissertatio.

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 77 It followeth.., that.., I handle suche particular places.., as are mentioned in hystorie, in whiche treatie, I will obserue this order.

1619 J. Dyke Caveat for Archippus 10 That a full Treatie of the particulars..should come within..one houres discourse.

a1663 Bp. Sanderson in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1870) I. Ps. xix. 13 Such a presumptuous sin as we are now in treaty of.

c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 90 The tretee folwand in þe whilk we sall determyn of singuleryte.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 901 As witnes weill in-to the schort tretty Eftir the Bruce, quha redis in that story.

1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 184 (heading) Here begynnys ane litil tretie intitulit the goldyn targe compilit be Maister Wilyam Dunbar.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xv. 16 Villegaignon in his treaty which he hath made of the warres of Malta.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iv. 80 Sir Kenelme Digby in his excellent Treaty of bodies. View more context for this quotation

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 326 In their sermons, and in some printed treaties, they charged the Judges with corruption.

1427 Rolls of Parl. IV. 318/2 My Lady of Gloucestre so be pourveyde fore be way of traitee or in other wise.

1469 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 23 Sir John Malevera gave me a chalenge for him, & said he was outlawd under my trety: I told him I treted never; I bare your message to him.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Treaty or agreament, pactio.

1753 S. Johnson Let. 8 Mar. (1992) I. 67 For Descriptions of Life there is now a treaty almost made with an Authour and an Authouress.

1430–1 Rolls of Parl. IV. 371/2 In ye Tretee of ye Pees, made nought longe agoo.

1545 Bibliotheca Eliotæ Fœdus.., a treatie of peace, or league betwene princes.

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 110 A Peace was concluded..being in effect, rather a Bargaine, than a Treatie.

1671 J. Evelyn Let. 31 Aug. in Diary & Corr. (1852) III. 229 The..height of the war..to the conclusion of it in the Treaty at Breda, 1667.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. iv. i. 29 By advantageous treaties of commerce, particular privileges were procured in some foreign state for the goods and merchants of the country.

1841 J. Haydn Dict. Dates (at cited word) The first formal and written treaty made in England with any foreign nation was entered into at Kingston between Henry III and the dauphin of France..11 Sept. 1217.

1874 G. Bancroft Footpr. of Time viii. 195 A treaty of alliance with France.

1888 T. E. Holland in Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 530/2 A treaty is a contract between two or more states. The term ‘tractatus’, and its derivatives..began to be commonly employed, in lieu of the older technical terms ‘conventio publica’, or ‘foedus’, from the end of the 17th century. In the language of modern diplomacy the term ‘treaty’ is restricted to the more important international agreements, especially to those which are the work of a congress, while agreements dealing with subordinate questions are described by the more general term ‘convention’.

1904 Daily Chron. 1 Feb. 5/1 It would ill beseem King Edward, the treaty-ally of the Mikado, to pay a visit to the Tsar.

1706 M. Prior Ode to Queen xx Thus the Royal Treaty-Breaker said.

1763 L. Scrafton Refl. Govt. Indostan (1770) iii. 102 Demanded security for the payment of the remainder of the treaty-money.

1933 Beaver June 53 Upon the arrival of the Indian agent, the payment of the treaty money is usually first proceeded with.

1956 H. S. M. Kemp Northern Trader (1957) iii. 35 Had he been on the books as an Indian, he would have been considered a ward of the Government, drawn his Treaty Money and supplies, [etc.].

1743 R. Blair Grave 27 Now vain their Treaty-Skill! Death scorns to treat.

1723 R. Blackmore Alfred x. 359 At his Tribunal let them be arraign'd Who Treaty-breaking Principles maintain'd.

1909 Daily Chron. 7 July 3/1 Any delay in that grant would have led to an accusation of treaty-breaking.

c1500 Melusine (1895) xxviii. 214 For to fulfyll..that he had promysed at traytee makynge of the peas.

1796 G. Washington Let. to U.S. Ho. Repr. 30 Mar. The treaty-making power.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xvii. 210 They did not return: I had read enough of treaty-makings not to expect them too confidently.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 29 Feb. 3/1 The French are treaty-bound to keep the open door.