| Treat |
v. t. |
To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly. |
| Treat |
v. t. |
To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely. |
| Treat |
v. t. |
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. |
| Treat |
v. t. |
To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for. |
| Treat |
v. t. |
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. |
| Treat |
v. t. |
To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to treat a substance with sulphuric acid. |
| Treat |
v. t. |
To entreat; to beseech. |
| Treat |
v. i. |
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. |
| Treat |
v. i. |
To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation;
often followed by with; as, envoys were appointed to treat with France. |
| Treat |
v. i. |
To give a gratuitous entertainment, esp. of food or drink, as a compliment. |
| Treat |
n. |
A parley; a conference. |
| Treat |
n. |
An entertainment given as an expression of regard. |
| Treat |
n. |
That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat. |
| Treatable |
a. |
Manageable; tractable; hence, moderate; not violent. |
| Treatably |
adv. |
In a treatable manner. |
| Treated |
imp. & p. p. |
of Treat |
| Treater |
n. |
One who treats; one who handles, or discourses on, a subject; also, one who entertains. |
| Treaties |
pl. |
of Treaty |
| Treating |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Treat |
| Treatise |
n. |
A written composition on a particular subject, in which its principles are discussed or explained; a tract. |
| Treatise |
n. |
Story; discourse. |
| Treatiser |
n. |
One who writes a treatise. |
| Treatment |
n. |
The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment. |
| Treatment |
n. |
Entertainment; treat. |
| Treature |
n. |
Treatment. |
| Treaty |
n. |
The act of treating for the adjustment of differences, as for forming an agreement; negotiation. |
| Treaty |
n. |
An agreement so made; specifically, an agreement, league, or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns, or the supreme power of each state; an agreement between two or more independent states; as, a treaty of peace; a treaty of alliance. |
| Treaty |
n. |
A proposal tending to an agreement. |
| Treaty |
n. |
A treatise; a tract. |
