Treat
[triːt] or [trit]
Definition
(noun.) an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight.
(verb.) provide treatment for; 'The doctor treated my broken leg'; 'The nurses cared for the bomb victims'; 'The patient must be treated right away or she will die'; 'Treat the infection with antibiotics'.
(verb.) regard or consider in a specific way; 'I treated his advances as a joke'.
(verb.) engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement; 'they had to treat with the King'.
(verb.) 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'.
(verb.) interact in a certain way; 'Do right by her'; 'Treat him with caution, please'; 'Handle the press reporters gently'.
Inputed by Leonard--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.
(v. t.) To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for.
(v. t.) To care for medicinally or surgically; to manage in the use of remedies or appliances; as, to treat a disease, a wound, or a patient.
(v. t.) To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to treat a substance with sulphuric acid.
(v. t.) To entreat; to beseech.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation; -- often followed by with; as, envoys were appointed to treat with France.
(v. i.) To give a gratuitous entertainment, esp. of food or drink, as a compliment.
(n.) A parley; a conference.
(n.) An entertainment given as an expression of regard.
(n.) That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat.
Typist: Vern
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Use, behave to, behave towards.[2]. Entertain, feast.[3]. Handle, manage.[4]. Discourse on, treat of.
v. n. [1]. Negotiate, bargain.[2]. Discourse.
Typed by Elvin
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Handle, manage, use, bargain, discuss, entertain, discourse, write, speak,negotiate
ANT:Drop, waive, abandon, decline, suppress, mismanage, misuse, mistreat, maltreat,misconduct, misconsider, misarrange, trifle
Typist: Lolita
Definition
v.t. to handle in a particular manner: to discourse on: to entertain as with food or drink &c.: to manage in the application of remedies: to use.—v.i. to handle a subject in writing or speaking: to negotiate: to give an entertainment.—n. an entertainment esp. if of anything unusual: one's turn to provide such.—adj. Treat′able moderate.—ns. Treat′er; Treat′ing; Treat′ise a written composition in which a subject is treated: a formal essay; Treat′ment the act or manner of treating: management: behaviour to any one: way of applying remedies; Treat′y the act of treating negotiation: a formal agreement between states: (Shak. same as Entreaty).
Checked by Clifton
Examples
- We treat it simply as a privation because we are measuring it by adulthood as a fixed standard. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The mill shall find salaries for a master and mistress, and the squire or the clothier shall give a treat once a quarter. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- When I spoke again I was composed enough to treat his impertinence with the silent contempt that it deserved. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Ye couldn't treat a poor sinner, now, to a bit of sermon, could ye,--eh? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Does he treat her kindly? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It's quite a treat to see you; ain't it, Mr. Muzzle? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I suppose it would be a real treat to a camel to have a keg of nails for supper. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I would never have treated Miss Crawley's faithful friends as that odious designing Mrs. Bute has done. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Leitner hated Loerke with an injured, writhing, impotent hatred, and Loerke treated Leitner with a fine-quivering contempt and sarcasm. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The lady was wealthy and beautiful, and had a liking for the girl, and treated her with great kindness, and kept her always near her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Do I mind being cruelly treated by Somebody Else? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In dancing attendance at the various offices, I was always treated, more or less, as if it was a very bad offence. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Please start it, Mr. Brooke, said Kate, with a commanding air, which surprised Meg, who treated the tutor with as much respect as any other gentleman. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I have been treated and respected as a gentleman universally. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The Bessemer process is now largely used in treating copper. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The pulp was laid by hand upon moulds made of parallel strands of coarse brass wire; and the making of the pulp by grinding wood and treating it chemically to soften it was experimental. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The bark of trees made into a liquor has been used for centuries in treating practically all kinds of hides. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We have seen, in treating of safes and locks, how burglars keep pace with the latest inventions to protect property by the use of dynamite and nitro-glycerine explosions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The heat-treating department contains about seventy-five large furnaces, which consume from 5,000 to 6,000 gallons of fuel oil per day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Steel making consists mainly in so treating cast iron as to get rid of a part of the carbon and other impurities. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He is treating himself for it. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The book treats of the weakness of human kind, and is in little esteem, except among the women and the vulgar. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- It treats of cohesion and resistance to fracture (strength of materials), and uniform, accelerated, and projectile motion (dynamics). Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- If the familiar little man treats my mother in that way, how will he treat ME? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He treats it lightly himself, though it sometimes makes his friends anxious about him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You see how he treats me,' the Secretary answered, with a patient and yet proud air. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- These pictures are all battle scenes, and only one solitary little canvas among them all treats of anything but great French victories. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The last time I was in London, my mistress gave me two treats. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Typist: Tyler