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Definition of Ill-treated
1. Adjective. Subjected to cruel treatment. "An abused wife"
Definition of Ill-treated
1. Verb. (past of ill-treat) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ill-treated
Literary usage of Ill-treated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress, from this World to that which is to Come by John Bunyan (1806)
"The pilgrims arrive at the town of Vanity, where they are ill treated, — Yielding
suffering himself to be drawn aside, dies suddenly, — Having left the town ..."
2. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1889)
"This paper is intended to show the attitude of Michigan to this class of
children (the ill-treated), and especially to call attention to some new ..."
3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"of them, however, Henry de Bray broc [qv] ' that the offence remained unavenged,
she was captured, ill-treated by the soldiers, and taunted the apostle by ..."
4. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1826)
"This year Mr. Murphy, having thought himself ill-treated by the reverend Dr.
Franklin, who was one of the writers of the Critical Review, published an ..."
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