TREAT
\tɹˈiːt], \tɹˈiːt], \t_ɹ_ˈiː_t]\
Definitions of TREAT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"
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provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night"
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regard or consider in a specific way; "I treated his advances as a joke"
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engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement; "they had to treat with the King"
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provide with a gift or entertainment; "Grandmother always treated us to the circus"; "I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed"
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an occurrence that cause special pleasure or delight
By Princeton University
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interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"
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provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night"
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regard or consider in a specific way; "I treated his advances as a joke"
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engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement; "they had to treat with the King"
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provide with a gift or entertainment; "Grandmother always treated us to the circus"; "I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.
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To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.
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To entertain with food or drink, especially the latter, as a compliment, or as an expression of friendship or regard; as, to treat the whole company.
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To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for.
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To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to treat a substance with sulphuric acid.
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To entreat; to beseech.
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To give a gratuitous entertainment, esp. of food or drink, as a compliment.
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A parley; a conference.
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An entertainment given as an expression of regard.
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That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat.
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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.
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To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation; - often followed by with; as, envoys were appointed to treat with France.
By Oddity Software
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To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.
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To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.
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To entertain with food or drink, especially the latter, as a compliment, or as an expression of friendship or regard; as, to treat the whole company.
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To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for.
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To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to treat a substance with sulphuric acid.
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To entreat; to beseech.
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To give a gratuitous entertainment, esp. of food or drink, as a compliment.
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A parley; a conference.
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An entertainment given as an expression of regard.
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That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat.
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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.
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To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation; - often followed by with; as, envoys were appointed to treat with France.
By Noah Webster.
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To handle, deal with, or manage; to behave towards; to cause to undergo a process; as, to treat a photograph with chemicals; to pay the cost of entertainment for; to care for.
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To speak; to discuss a certain topic; with of; as, the paper treats of the ills of poor sanitation; negotiate or arragne;, agree; give entertainment.
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An entertainment given as an expression of esteem; something which affords great pleasure.
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Treater.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To handle in a particular manner: to discourse on: to entertain, as with food or drink, etc.: to manage in the application of remedies: to use.
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To handle a subject in writing or speaking: to negotiate: to give an entertainment.
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An entertainment.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To act toward; deal with; express; present.
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To apply a special process to.
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To pay the expense of entertainment, or drink, for.
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To handle a subject in writing or speaking; followed by of.
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To negotiate; followed by with.
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Some unusual pleasure; entertainment furnished gratuitously.
By James Champlin Fernald