Treat

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Treat Definition

• (n) something considered choice to eat
• (n) an occurrence that cause special pleasure or delight
• (v) interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"
• (v) subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"
• (v) provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"
• (v) deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
• (v) provide with a gift or entertainment; "Grandmother always treated us to the circus"; "I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed"
• (v) provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don''t worry about the expensive wine--I''m treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night"
• (v) engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement; "they had to treat with the King"
• (v) regard or consider in a specific way; "I treated his advances as a joke"

Treat Synonyms

• address
• care for
• cover
• dainty
• deal
• delicacy
• do by
• goody
• handle
• kickshaw
• plow
• process
• regale
• treat