treat

[ treet ]

/ trit /

verb (used with object)

to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.

to consider or regard in a specified way, and deal with accordingly: to treat a matter as unimportant.

to deal with (a disease, patient, etc.) in order to relieve or cure.

to deal with in speech or writing; discuss.

to deal with, develop, or represent artistically, especially in some specified manner or style: to treat a theme realistically.

to subject to some agent or action in order to bring about a particular result: to treat a substance with an acid.

to entertain; give hospitality to: He treats diplomats in the lavish surroundings of his country estate.

to provide food, entertainment, gifts, etc., at one's own expense: Let me treat you to dinner.

verb (used without object)

to deal with a subject in speech or writing; discourse: a work that treats of the caste system in India.

to give, or bear the expense of, a treat: Is it my turn to treat?

to carry on negotiations with a view to a settlement; discuss terms of settlement; negotiate.

noun

entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.

anything that affords particular pleasure or enjoyment.

the act of treating.

one's turn to treat.

Origin of treat

1250–1300; Middle English treten (v.) < Old French tretier, traitier < Latin tractāre to drag, handle, treat, frequentative of trahere to drag. See tract¹

OTHER WORDS FROM treat

treat·er, noun non·treat·ed, adjective o·ver·treat, verb self-treat·ed, adjective

un·treat·ed, adjective well-treat·ed, adjective

Words nearby treat

treasury certificate, treasury note, treasury of merits, treasury stock, treasury tag, treat, treat like dirt, treatable, treatise, treatment, treaty

Example sentences from the Web for treat

Almost everyone there will be a decent person and treat you well.

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Yazbek tells The Daily Beast that the traffickers guarantee their service, and they treat the Syrian refugees with respect.

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This is Bey and Nicki at their most lyrically masochistic, and boy, is it a treat.

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Koenig apologies for what she seems to treat as a sign of weakness.

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“Treat every crime as if the victim were your mother,” Maple would say.

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The Great Man is, I suppose, among the most difficult themes to treat convincingly in fiction.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, May 7, 1919. |Various
"This is an appalling way to treat a guest," she said as they walked slowly towards home.

Captivity |M. Leonora Eyles
He refused to treat the matter lightly, but gathered up the tools with which he had been working.

Boy Scouts in the North Sea |G. Harvey Ralphson
I want you fellows to remember that important fact, and treat me with proper respect.

Rowdy of the Cross L |B.M. Sinclair, AKA B.M. Bower
A Dakota girl married a man who promised to treat her kindly, but he did not keep his word.

Myths and Legends of the Sioux |Marie L. McLaughlin

British Dictionary definitions for treat

treat

/ (triːt) /

noun

a celebration, entertainment, gift, or feast given for or to someone and paid for by another

any delightful surprise or specially pleasant occasion

the act of treating

verb

(tr) to deal with or regard in a certain manner she treats school as a joke

(tr) to apply treatment to to treat a patient for malaria

(tr) to subject to a process or to the application of a substance to treat photographic film with developer

(tr ; often foll by to) to provide (someone) (with) as a treat he treated the children to a trip to the zoo

(intr usually foll by of) formal to deal (with), as in writing or speaking

(intr) formal to discuss settlement; negotiate

Derived forms of treat

treatable, adjective treater, noun

Word Origin for treat

C13: from Old French tretier, from Latin tractāre to manage, from trahere to drag

Medical definitions for treat

treat

[ trēt ]

v.

To give medical aid to someone.

To give medical aid to counteract a disease or condition.

Idioms and Phrases with treat

treat

In addition to the idiom beginning with treat

treat like dirt

also see:

Dutch treat
trick or treat

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