Treat

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  • intransitive verb. To act or behave in a specified manner toward.
  • intransitive verb. To regard and handle in a certain way. Often used with as.
  • intransitive verb. To deal with in writing or speech; discuss.
  • intransitive verb. To deal with or represent artistically in a specified manner or style.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To provide with food, entertainment, or gifts at one's own expense.
  • intransitive verb. To give (someone or oneself) something pleasurable.
  • intransitive verb. To subject to a process, action, or change, especially to a chemical or physical process or application.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To give medical aid to (someone).
  • intransitive verb. To give medical aid to counteract (a disease or condition).
  • intransitive verb. To deal with a subject or topic in writing or speech. Often used with of.
  • intransitive verb. To pay for another's entertainment, food, or drink.
  • intransitive verb. To engage in negotiations, as to reach a settlement or agree on terms.
  • noun. Something, such as one's food or entertainment, that is paid for by someone else.
  • noun. A source of a special delight or pleasure.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In electricity, in the making of glow-lamps, to coat (the filament) with a deposited layer of carbon.
  • noun. A plaster or a salve made of wax, lard, etc., spread on cloth; a cerate.
  • noun. Parley; conference; treaty; discourse; discussion.
  • noun. An entertainment given as a compliment or expression of regard.
  • noun. Something given as an entertainment; something paid for in compliment to another.
  • noun. One's turn to treat (see treat, v. i., 3); especially, one of several rounds of drinks: as, it is my treat now.
  • noun. Anything which affords much pleasure; that which is peculiarly enjoyable; unusual gratification.
  • noun. An entreaty.
  • To behave to or toward; conduct one's self in a certain manner with respect to; use.
  • To discuss; discourse of; consider.
  • To address; discourse to.
  • To negotiate; settle.
  • To handle, manipulate, or develop in any manner, especially in writing or speaking, or by any of the processes of art.
  • To look upon; consider; regard.
  • To manage in the application of remedies: as, to treat a fever or a patient.
  • To sudject to the action of some chemical agent or reagent.
  • To entertain; give a pleasure or treat to; especially, to entertain without expense to the recipient; give food or drink to, as a compliment or an expression of friendliness or regard.
  • To entreat; beseech; solicit.
  • To discourse; handle in writing or speaking; make discussion: formerly used absolutely, now followed usually by of, rarely by upon.
  • To negotiate, especially for peace; discuss terms of accommodation: used absolutely or with a limiting phrase.
  • To give an entertainment which costs the recipient nothing; especially, to bear the expense of food. drink, or any pleasure for another as a compliment or expression of good will. Compare to stand treat, under treat, n.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to make discussion; -- usually with of.
  • intransitive verb. To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation; -- often followed by with.
  • intransitive verb. To give a gratuitous entertainment, esp. of food or drink, as a compliment.
  • transitive verb. To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward
  • transitive verb. To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking.
  • transitive verb. To entertain with food or drink, especially the latter, as a compliment, or as an expression of friendship or regard.
  • transitive verb. To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for.
  • transitive verb. To care for medicinally or surgically; to manage in the use of remedies or appliances.
  • transitive verb. To subject to some action; to apply something to.
  • transitive verb. To entreat; to beseech.
  • noun. A parley; a conference.
  • noun. An entertainment given as an expression of regard.
  • noun. That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a satisfaction.
  • Word Usage
    "447 Btu / lb could be achieved through decreased chemical Total heat savings usage, less blowdown to treat at the waste treat­ = 18,580 lb / hr x 447 Btu / lb ment plant, and reduced makeup water demand."
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    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    administer  analyse  analyze  bleed  burn  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Crete  Deet  Delete  Fleet  Grete  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    act on  act toward  act upon  affect  air  
    verb-form
    treated  treating  treats