treat of

verb

To deal with (a subject).

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Meanings

verbtreat of (third-person singular simple present treats of, present participle treating of, simple past and past participle treated of)

present singular third person treats of · participle present treating of · participle past treated of · past treated of

  1. datedTo deal with (a subject).

    In the same way, palaeichthyology, or that branch of natural science which treats of fossil fishes, extends our information from the existing fauna back to the earliest advent of vertebrate life upon our globe […]

    1905, Charles Rochester Eastman, A brief general account of fossil fishes
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APA

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MLA

“treat of.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/treat%20of. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “treat of,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/treat%20of.

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