Definition of "ill-treats" [ill-treats]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ill-treat. (verb)

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• "His master loves him if he loves anything, but in his savage moods ill-treats him."
• "We see not, after that, why he so ill-treats St. Peter, and reproaches him with having eaten forbidden viands with the Gentiles."
• "He ill-treats every one he comes near; or, if, gentle to them, it is that they may serve some base purpose."