Definition of Treat

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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

The way you see people is the way you treat them.
Zig Ziglar

If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you'll never end up with a nag.
Zig Ziglar

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
Wayne Dyer

Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.
Wayne Dyer

An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.
Marilyn Monroe

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

Do right. Do your best. Treat others as you want to be treated.
Lou Holtz

Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer.
Peter Drucker

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

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.
Henry David Thoreau

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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