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