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intractare

intractare [cf. AN entreter, OF entretier] 1 to treat, deal with (person or party). s1453 tam blande suaviterque ~avit eum, ut tandem consentiret Reg. Whet. I 97; s1458 mandavit singulis illis ‥ qui ‥ ardentiores ‥ credebantur esse zelatores pacis, ut ‥ in forma pacis ~arent partes dictas Ib. 297; s1460 ceperunt in bello vivos, ipsosque ‥ multum ludibriose ~avere Ib. 382. 2 (absol.) to treat, negotiate, make terms. s1460 misso ‥ W. suo archidiacono et magistro J. P. ‥, cum potestate ad ~andum, interloquendum, plenarieque ‥ ad concordandum Reg. Whet. I 360. 3 ? to treat (person) badly. c1320 episcopis ‥ jurisdiccionem ecclesiasticam secundum canonica instituta exercentibus minas machinantur et intentant gravissimas, ad indictandum, vexandum, ~andum et imbrigandum in curiis secularibus RB Ossory HMC 231.

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