Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Maltreated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maltreat \Mal*treat"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Maltreated}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Maltreating}.] [Mal- + treat: cf. F. maltraiter.]
To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
maltreated
adj : physically abused; "an abused wife [syn: {abused}, {ill-treated},
{mistreated}] [ant: {unabused}]
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