Treat

Verb

 * 1)  To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
 * 2) * 2010, David Mitchell, The Observer, 6 Jun 2010:
 * I wouldn't promote businesses I considered immoral – ambulance-chasing lawyers or online roulette for example – but I've got nothing against computer or software manufacture: they're important and any reputable company in that industry is welcome to treat for my services.
 * 1)  To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
 * Cicero's writing treats mainly of old age and personal duty.
 * 1)  To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.
 * The article treated feminism as a quintessentially modern movement.
 * 1)  To entreat or beseech (someone).
 * Only let my family live, I treat thee.
 * 1)  To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
 * You treated me like a fool.
 * She was tempted to treat the whole affair as a joke.
 * 1)  To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to.
 * I treated my son to some popcorn in the interval.
 * 1)  To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to.
 * They treated me for malaria.
 * 1)  To subject to a chemical or other action; to act upon with a specific scientific result in mind.
 * The substance was treated with sulphuric acid.
 * I treated the photo somewhat to make the colours more pronounced.

Derived terms

 * no way to treat a lady


 * treatable


 * treatment

Related terms

 * treatise


 * treaty

Noun

 * 1) An entertainment, outing, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.
 * I took the kids to the zoo for a treat.
 * 1) An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure.
 * It was such a treat to see her back in action on the London stage.
 * 1)  A parley or discussion of terms; a negotiation.
 * 2)  An entreaty.

Adjectives for Treat
popular; delightful; optical; splendid.

Verbs for Treat
afford—; extend—; indulge in—; luxuriate in—; offer—; procure—; provide—; relish —; rejoice in—; revel in—; welcome—; yield—; —absorbs; —amuses; —delights; —enlivens; —fascinates; —gladdens; —regales; —solaces; —tickles.

Adverbs for Treat
rationally; barbarously; circumspectly; humanely; systematically; tenderly; adequately; harshly; elaborately; brutally; deferentially; compassionately; reverently; mercilessly; roughly; histrionically; elaborately; objectively;  sympathetically;   essentially; hospitably; conscientiously; jocosely; capriciously; contemptuously; surgically; medically; courteously.

Thesaurus
act on, act toward, act upon, affect, air, ambrosia, analyze, arrange, attend, bandage, banquet, bathe, behave toward, blow to, board, bonne bouche, bonus, boon, canvass, care for, cate, celebration, choice morsel, clear for action, clear the decks, comment upon, concentrate on, consider, contend with, controvert, cope with, criticize, critique, cure, dainty, deal by, deal with, debate, deliberate, deliberate upon, delicacy, deploy, descant, dessert, diagnose, discourse, discourse about, discuss, dissert, dissertate, do by, do with, doctor, dress, entertain, entertainment, examine, exchange views, explore, favor, feast, feed, festivity, fix, fix up, flux, focus on, freebie, get ready, gift, give care to, go into, go treat, goody, handle, heal, influence, inquire into, intern, investigate, joyance, jubilation, kickshaw, knock around, look after, mad round, maintain, maintenance, make arrangements, make preparations, make ready, manage, manna, marshal, massage, meal, meat, medicate, merrymaking, mess, minister to, mobilize, morsel, nectar, nurse, operate on, pass under review, pay for, pay the bill, paying the bills, physic, plan, plaster, poultice, prearrange, premium, prep, prepare, prescribe, prescribe for, present, pretreat, probe, process, provide, purge, put in shape, rap, ready, ready up, reason, reason about, reason the point, refection, refreshment, regale, regalement, remark upon, remedy, repas, repast, respond to, revel, revelment, revelry, review, round of pleasures, rub, savory, scrutinize, set up, settle preliminaries, sift, splint, spread, stand drinks, stand to, stand treat, standing treat, steward, strap, study, subsidize, subsidy, support, survey, table, take out, take up, talk, talk about, talk of, talk over, tan, thresh out, tidbit, titbit, touch on, touch upon, treat of, treat to, trim, try out, use, ventilate, wine and dine, work on, write up

Etymology
From treter:,  tretier:, from  tracto:, from the past participle stem of traho:.

Pronunciation




Verb

 * Dutch:
 * French: négocier


 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish: ,


 * Dutch: ,
 * French: traiter


 * Portuguese:
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 * Czech:
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 * Czech:
 * Norwegian: behandle
 * Polish: potraktować
 * Portuguese:


 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: చూసుకొను (choosukonu)


 * Czech:
 * Dutch: behandelen
 * Esperanto:
 * French: traiter


 * Norwegian: behandle
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, вылечить
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:
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 * Portuguese:
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 * Dutch:
 * Japanese: 驕る, 奢る,
 * Norwegian: påspandere


 * Romanian: ospăta
 * Russian:, угостить

Noun

 * Korean: 대접


 * Norwegian: påspandering

Anagrams

 * atter
 * tater
 * tetra