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To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward;
as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly. |
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To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in
writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely. |
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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. |
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To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for. |
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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. |
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To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to
treat a substance with sulphuric acid. |
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To entreat; to beseech. |
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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. |
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To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation; -- often
followed by with; as, envoys were appointed to treat with France. |
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To give a gratuitous entertainment, esp. of food or
drink, as a compliment. |
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A parley; a conference. |
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An entertainment given as an expression of regard. |
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That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a
satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat. |
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