treat
Use Treat in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
2.
to consider or regard in a specified way, and deal with accordingly: to treat a matter as unimportant.
3.
to deal with (a disease, patient, etc.) in order to relieve or cure.
4.
to deal with in speech or writing; discuss.
5.
to deal with, develop, or represent artistically, especially in some specified manner or style: to treat a theme realistically.
6.
to subject to some agent or action in order to bring about a particular result: to treat a substance with an acid.
7.
to entertain; give hospitality to: He treats diplomats in the lavish surroundings of his country estate.
8.
to provide food, entertainment, gifts, etc., at one's own expense: Let me treat you to dinner.
verb (used without object)
9.
to deal with a subject in speech or writing; discourse: a work that treats of the caste system in India.
10.
to give, or bear the expense of, a treat: Is it my turn to treat?
11.
to carry on negotiations with a view to a settlement; discuss terms of settlement; negotiate.
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noun
12.
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
13.
anything that affords particular pleasure or enjoyment.
14.
the act of treating.
15.
one's turn to treat.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English treten (v.) < Old French tretier, traitier < Latin tractāre to drag, handle, treat, frequentative of trahere to drag. See tract1
1250–1300; Middle English treten (v.) < Old French tretier, traitier < Latin tractāre to drag, handle, treat, frequentative of trahere to drag. See tract1
Related forms
treat·er, noun
non·treat·ed, adjective
o·ver·treat, verb
self-treat·ed, adjective
un·treat·ed, adjective
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treat (triːt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a celebration, entertainment, gift, or feast given for or to someone and paid for by another |
| 2. | any delightful surprise or specially pleasant occasion |
| 3. | the act of treating |
| —vb (usually foll by of) | |
| 4. | (tr) to deal with or regard in a certain manner: she treats school as a joke |
| 5. | (tr) to apply treatment to: to treat a patient for malaria |
| 6. | (tr) to subject to a process or to the application of a substance: to treat photographic film with developer |
| 7. | (tr |
| 8. | formal to deal (with), as in writing or speaking |
| 9. | formal (intr) to discuss settlement; negotiate |
| [C13: from Old French tretier, from Latin tractāre to manage, from trahere to drag] | |
| 'treatable | |
| —adj | |
| 'treater | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
treat
c.1300, "negotiate, bargain, deal with," from O.Fr. traitier (12c.), from L. tractare "manage, handle, deal with," originally "drag about," frequentative of trahere (pp. tractus) "to pull, draw" (see tract (1)). Meaning "to entertain with food and drink by way of compliment
or kindness (or bribery)" is recorded from c.1500. Sense of "deal with in speech or writing" (early 14c.) led to the use in medicine (1781), "to attempt to heal or cure." The noun is first recorded late 14c., "action of discussing terms;" sense of "a treating with food and drink" (1650s) was extended by 1770 to "anything that gives pleasure." Treatment "conduct, behavior" is recorded from c.1560; in the medical sense, it is first recorded 1744.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
treat (trēt)
v. treat·ed, treat·ing, treats
To give medical aid to someone.
To give medical aid to counteract a disease or condition.
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Idioms & Phrases
treat
In addition to the idiom beginning with treat, also see Dutch treat; trick or treat.
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Example sentences
Then treat the interim appointee with utmost respect and courteous regard.
The military is scrambling for new ways to treat the brain injuries and post-traumatic stress of troops returning home from war.
With good viewing conditions expected, sky-watchers are in for an early holiday treat.
Imagine you could treat cancer by taking a pill, then directing a laser light toward the location of the tumor.
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