treat

Definitions of treat in various dictionaries:

noun - something considered choice to eat

noun - an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight

verb - interact in a certain way

verb - subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition

verb - provide treatment for

verb - act on verb ally or in some form of artistic expression

verb - provide with a gift or entertainment

verb - provide with choice or abundant food or drink

verb - engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement

verb - regard or consider in a specific way

To act or behave in a specified manner toward.

To regard and handle in a certain way.

To deal with in writing or speech; discuss: a book that treats all aspects of health care.

To deal with or represent artistically in a specified manner or style: treats the subject poetically.

To provide with food, entertainment, or gifts at one’s own expense: treated her sister to the theater.

To give (someone or oneself) something pleasurable: treated herself to a day in the country.

To subject to a process, an action, or a change, especially to a chemical or physical process or application.

To give medical aid to (someone): treated many patients in the emergency room.

To give medical aid to counteract (a disease or condition): treated malaria with quinine.

To deal with a subject or topic in writing or speech.

To pay for another’s entertainment, food, or drink.

To engage in negotiations, as to reach a settlement or agree on terms: “Both sides nonetheless are quite willing to treat with [the king]” (Gregory J.

Something, such as one’s food or entertainment, that is paid for by someone else.

The central meaning shared by these verb s is “to act in a specified way with regard to someone or something”: treats his guests with courtesy; dealt rationally with the problem; handling a case with discretion.

verb - to behave in a particular way toward