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treat
(tr/i/t )

noun (n)

  • something considered choice to eat(noun.food)
    Synonym:
    dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw
    source: wordnet30
  • an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight(noun.event)
    source: wordnet30
  • A parley; a conference.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • interact in a certain way(verb.social)
    Example:
    Treat him with caution, please.
    Synonym:
    do by, handle
    source: wordnet30
  • subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition(verb.change)
    Example:
    Treat the water so it can be drunk.
    Treat the lawn with chemicals.
    Treat an oil spill.
    Synonym:
    process
    source: wordnet30
  • provide treatment for(verb.body)
    Example:
    The doctor treated my broken leg.
    The patient must be treated right away or she will die.
    Treat the infection with antibiotics.
    Synonym:
    care for
    source: wordnet30
  • act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression(verb.communication)
    Example:
    The new book treats the history of China.
    Synonym:
    address, cover, deal, handle, plow
    source: wordnet30
  • provide with a gift or entertainment(verb.possession)
    Example:
    Grandmother always treated us to the circus.
    I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed.
    source: wordnet30
  • provide with choice or abundant food or drink(verb.consumption)
    Example:
    Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating.
    She treated her houseguests with good food every night.
    Synonym:
    regale
    source: wordnet30
  • engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement(verb.communication)
    Example:
    They had to treat with the King.
    source: wordnet30
  • regard or consider in a specific way(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    I treated his advances as a joke.
    source: wordnet30
  • To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to make discussion; -- usually with of; as, Cicero treats of old age and of duties.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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