Word Meanings - TREATISE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. A written composition on a particular subject, in which its principles are discussed or explained; a tract. Chaucer. He published a treatise in which he maintained that a marriage between a member of the Church of England and a dissenter was
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1. A written composition on a particular subject, in which its principles are discussed or explained; a tract. Chaucer. He published a treatise in which he maintained that a marriage between a member of the Church of England and a dissenter was a nullity. Macaulay. Note: A treatise implies more form and method than an essay, but may fall short of the fullness and completeness of a systematic exposition. 2. Story; discourse. Shak.
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- DISQUISITION
A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion of, any subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, with the arguments and facts bearing upon it; elaborate essay; dissertation. For accurate research or grave disquisition he was - DISQUISITIONARY
Pertaining to disquisition; disquisitional. - DISSERTATIONAL
Relating to dissertations; resembling a dissertation. - ESSAYER
One who essays. Addison. - ESSAY
A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce. 3. An assay. See Assay, n. - DISQUISITIONAL
Pertaining to disquisition; of the nature of disquisition. - ESSAYIST
A writer of an essay, or of essays. B. Jonson. - DISCUSSIONAL
Pertaining to discussion. - TREATISER
One who writes a treatise. - DISSERTATION
A formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral or written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; as, Dissertations on the Prophecies. - TREATISE
1. A written composition on a particular subject, in which its principles are discussed or explained; a tract. Chaucer. He published a treatise in which he maintained that a marriage between a member of the Church of England and a dissenter was - DISSERTATIONIST
A writer of dissertations. - DISCUSSION
1. The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like. 2. The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation. The liberty of discussion is the great safeguard