treat

Meaning

Verb

1. To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
2. To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
3. To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.
4. (obsolete) To entreat or beseech (someone).
5. To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
6. To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward.
7. To commit the offence of providing food, drink, entertainment or provision to corruptly influence a voter.
8. To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to.
9. To subject to a chemical or other action; to act upon with a specific scientific result in mind.
10. To provide something special and pleasant.

Noun

1. An entertainment, outing, food, drink, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.
2. An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure.
3. A snack food item designed to be given to pets.
4. (obsolete) A parley or discussion of terms; a negotiation.
5. (obsolete) An entreaty.

Concepts

treat

handle

cure

deal with

entertain

process

heal

care for

deal

feast

remedy

receive

nurse

doctor

look after

address

banquet

manage

attend to

medicate

delight

discuss

recover

care

entertainment

do by

delicacy

use

tend

attend

repair

deal in

plow

regale

dainty

goody

kickshaw

pleasure

work

negotiate

maintain

take care of

goodies

act toward

dispose of

luxury

behave

cover

mend

enjoyment

bargain

discourse

dispose

settle

present

parley

dress a wound

give medicine to

consider

clear

convert

keep

consult

negociate

afford

render

do

transact

food and drink

repast

tend to

apply remedies

arrange

apply to

be applicable

be assigned

be equivalent to

be hit

be successful

face

lie

undertake

forward to

induce

send

tempt

provide dinner for

rotate in one’s hands

extravagance

cure sb. of his illness

take one’s medicine

treat an illness

assuage

aid

be curable

give a banquet

give a feast

dose

drug

narcotize

act

dress

mell

to bargain

to negotiate

treat as

treat as though

be addicted to

be used to

act towards

stand treat

correct

cure to suppress

quell to chastise

sweet food

gift

attention

courtesy

treat with

salve

employ

exert

attend on

cherish

court

groom

spruce

wait for

expound

divine

purify

delicious

practice medicine

watch over

look upon

regard

step

transform

coddle

choice morsel

hunk

looker

tidbit

titbit

camphorate

carry on

fix up

go

mind

nurture

vet

elation

gladness

glee

gleefulness

happiness

joy

mirth

go about

hash out

hear

manipulate

wield

work through

indulging

pleasance

satisfaction

broker

palaver

work out

assign

believe

conceive

deliver

harbor

have

hold

hold down

hold on

hold up

hold water

like

look on

love

make

regard as

repute

retain

take place

think

wear

bid

by-bid

extend

indicate

offer

purvey

serve up

suggest

tender

underquote

volunteer

build

relate to

adapt

restore to health

attract

entice

feed

set right

take care

improve quality of life

see to

medically

dote

indulge

overindulge

pamper

spoil

bonus

live

matter

question

associate

be

have dealings

trade

execute

punish

get

host

observe

work up

tackle

receive guests

reception

treat well

treatment

confection

sweet

agitate

argue

chat

confabulate

confer

hammer out

talk

talk away

talk out

talk over

tell

thrash out

benefit

massage

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹiːt/

Etymology

From Middle English treten, from Anglo-Norman treter, Old French tretier, traiter, from Latin tractāre (“to pull", "to manage”), from the past participle stem of trahere (“to draw", "to pull”).