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verb

Treat v. t. (past & past part. treated; pres. part. treating)

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."

5.

(Med.) 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.

7.

To entreat; to beseech. (Obs.)

Treat v. i.

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." "Now of love they treat."

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!"

3.

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

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... Elizabeth went on, "The way I have been received and the way we all treated Mrs. Holt will be the greatest help to me in becoming what I hope to become, a real Westerner. I might have lived a long time in the West and not have understood many things if I had not fallen into your hands. ...

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... was both her playmate and her slave. It is the custom among the wealthy to purchase for each daughter a companion who plays with her as a child, becomes a companion in youth and her maid when she marries. These slaves are usually treated well, and when this one became ill the members of the family visited her often, taking her such dainties as might tempt her appetite. As a result I had to administer antitoxin to eight of the younger members of the household, so careless had they ...

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