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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Treat

Treat (treat)
v. t.(?)
Treat
[imp. *** p. p. Treated] p. pr. *** vb. n. Treating.] [OE. treten, OF. traitier, F. traiter, from L. tractare to draw violently, to handle, manage, treat, v.
  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 on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.
  3. 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.
  4. To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for.
    [Obs.]

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

  5. 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.
  6. To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to treat a substance with sulphuric acid.
    Ure.
  7. To entreat; to beseech.
    [Obs.] Ld. Berners.

Treat

Treat (treat)
v. i.(?)
Treat
  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. To give a gratuitous entertainment, esp. of food or drink, as a compliment.

Treat

Treat (treat)
n.
Treat
  1. A parley; a conference.
    [Obs.]

    Bid him battle without further treat. Spenser.

  2. An entertainment given as an expression of regard.
  3. That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat.













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