\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.

\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.