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TREAT, v.t. [L. tracto.]

1. To handle; to manage; to use. Subjects are usually faithful or treacherous, according as they are well or ill treated. To treat prisoners ill, is the characteristic of barbarians. Let the wife of your bosom be kindly treated.

2. To handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.

3. To entertain without expense to the guest.

4. To negotiate; to settle; as, to treat a peace. [Not in use.]

5. To manage in the application of remedies; as, to treat a disease or a patient.

TREAT, v.i. To discourse; to handle in writing or speaking; to make discussion. Cicero treats of the nature of the gods; he treats of old age and of duties.

1. To come to terms of accommodation.

Inform us, will the emp'ror treat?

2. To make gratuitous entertainment. It is sometimes the custom of military officers to treat when first elected.

To treat with, to negotiate; to make and receive proposals for adjusting differences. Envoys were appointed to treat with France, but without success.

TREAT, n. An entertainment given; as a parting treat.

1. Something given for entertainment; as a rich treat.

2. Emphatically, a rich entertainment.


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TREAT, v.t. [L. tracto.]

1. To handle; to manage; to use. Subjects are usually faithful or treacherous, according as they are well or ill treated. To treat prisoners ill, is the characteristic of barbarians. Let the wife of your bosom be kindly treated.

2. To handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.

3. To entertain without expense to the guest.

4. To negotiate; to settle; as, to treat a peace. [Not in use.]

5. To manage in the application of remedies; as, to treat a disease or a patient.

TREAT, v.i. To discourse; to handle in writing or speaking; to make discussion. Cicero treats of the nature of the gods; he treats of old age and of duties.

1. To come to terms of accommodation.

Inform us, will the emp'ror treat?

2. To make gratuitous entertainment. It is sometimes the custom of military officers to treat when first elected.

To treat with, to negotiate; to make and receive proposals for adjusting differences. Envoys were appointed to treat with France, but without success.

TREAT, n. An entertainment given; as a parting treat.

1. Something given for entertainment; as a rich treat.

2. Emphatically, a rich entertainment.

TREAT, n.

  1. An entertainment given; as, a parting treat. Dryden.
  2. Something given for entertainment; as, a rich treat.
  3. Emphatically, a rich entertainment.

TREAT, v.i.

  1. To discoctree; to handle in writing or speaking; to make discussions. Cicero treats of the nature of the gods; he treats of old age and of duties.
  2. To come to terms of accommodation. Inform us, will the emp'ror treat? – Swift.
  3. To make gratuitous entertainment. It is sometimes the custom of military officers to treat when first elected. To treat with, to negotiate; to make and receive proposals for adjusting differences. Envoys were appointed to treat with France, but without success.

TREAT, v.t. [Fr. traiter; It. trattare; Sp. tratar; L. tracto; Sax. trahtian.]

  1. To handle; to manage; to use. Subjects are usually faithful or treacherous, according as they are well or ill treated. To treat prisoners ill, is the characteristic of barbarians. Let the wife of your bosom be kindly treated.
  2. To discourse on. This author treats various subjects of morality.
  3. To handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.
  4. To entertain without expense to the guest.
  5. To negotiate; to settle; as, to treat a peace. [Not in use.] – Dryden.
  6. To manage in the application of remedies; as, to treat a disease or a patient.

Treat
  1. To handle] to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.
  2. 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.

    And, shortly of this story for to treat. Chaucer.

    Now of love they treat. Milton.

  3. A parley; a conference.

    [Obs.]

    Bid him battle without further treat. Spenser.

  4. To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.
  5. To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation; -- often followed by with; as, envoys were appointed to treat with France.

    Inform us, will the emperor treat! Swift.

  6. An entertainment given as an expression of regard.
  7. 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.
  8. To give a gratuitous entertainment, esp. of food or drink, as a compliment.
  9. That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat.
  10. To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for.

    [Obs.]

    To treat the peace, a hundred senators
    Shall be commissioned.     Dryden.

  11. 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.
  12. To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to treat a substance with sulphuric acid.

    Ure.
  13. To entreat; to beseech.

    [Obs.] Ld. Berners.
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TREAT, verb transitive [Latin tracto.]

1. To handle; to manage; to use. Subjects are usually faithful or treacherous, according as they are well or ill treated. To treat prisoners ill, is the characteristic of barbarians. Let the wife of your bosom be kindly treated.

2. To handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.

3. To entertain without expense to the guest.

4. To negotiate; to settle; as, to treat a peace. [Not in use.]

5. To manage in the application of remedies; as, to treat a disease or a patient.

TREAT, verb intransitive To discourse; to handle in writing or speaking; to make discussion. Cicero treats of the nature of the gods; he treats of old age and of duties.

1. To come to terms of accommodation.

Inform us, will the emp'ror treat?

2. To make gratuitous entertainment. It is sometimes the custom of military officers to treat when first elected.

To treat with, to negotiate; to make and receive proposals for adjusting differences. Envoys were appointed to treat with France, but without success.

TREAT, noun An entertainment given; as a parting treat

1. Something given for entertainment; as a rich treat

2. Emphatically, a rich entertainment.

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