| • | 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. |
ncG1vNJzZmickZ65uq%2FEpZybqpmpxqS%2BzqyqsKeimXuku8xom6ifXZe2tK%2FUoqtmnp%2BneqbEwKanpZ1encGuuA%3D%3D