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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.
EXPANDto 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.
COLLAPSEto 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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Treating
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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
EXPANDwell-treat·ed, adjective
COLLAPSE
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Etymonline
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
EXPANDor 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.
COLLAPSE
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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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