He cast by treaty and by trains Her to persuade.
--Spenser.
2. An agreement so made; specifically, an agreement, league,
or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns,
formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and
solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns, or the
supreme power of each state; an agreement between two or
more independent states; as, a treaty of peace; a treaty
of alliance.
3. A proposal tending to an agreement. [Obs.] --Shak.
4. A treatise; a tract. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.