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.
Constantinople had negotiated in the isles of
the Archipelago . . . the most indispensable supplies.
Gibbon.
2. To transfer for a valuable consideration
under rules of commercial law; to sell; to pass.
The notes were not negotiated to them in the
usual course of business or trade.
Kent.Ne*go"ti*ate (?), v. i. [L.
negotiatus, p. p. of negotiari, fr. negotium
business; nec not + otium leisure. Cf.
Neglect.] 1. To transact business; to
carry on trade. [Obs.] Hammond.
2. To treat with another respecting purchase
and sale or some business affair; to bargain or trade; as, to
negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods or a
farm.
3. To hold intercourse respecting a treaty,
league, or convention; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce;
to conduct communications or conferences.
He that negotiates between God and man
Is God's ambassador.
Cowper.
4. To intrigue; to scheme. [Obs.]
Bacon.