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Definition of Treat
Treat

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.

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.

To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for.

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.

To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to treat a substance with sulphuric acid.

To entreat; to beseech.

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.

To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation; -- often followed by with; as, envoys were appointed to treat with France.

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

A parley; a conference.

An entertainment given as an expression of regard.

That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat.

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Treat Quotations

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.
Will Smith

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Winston Churchill

Treat Translations

treat in Afrikaans is onthaal, behandel
treat in Dutch is behandelen, cureren
treat in Finnish is neuvotella, parantaa
treat in German is behandeln
treat in Italian is coltivare
treat in Portuguese is deleite
treat in Spanish is obsequio, curar, acostumbrar, tratar


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