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Negotiate \Ne*go"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Negotiated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Negotiating}.]
1. To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange
for by negotiation; as, to negotiate peace, or an
exchange.
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Constantinople had negotiated in the isles of the
Archipelago . . . the most indispensable supplies.
--Gibbon.
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2. To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of
commercial law; to sell; to pass.
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The notes were not negotiated to them in the usual
course of business or trade. --Kent.
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