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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Treat \Treat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Treated}; p. pr & vb n. {Treating}.] [{OE}. treten, OF traitier F. traiter, from L. tractare to draw violently, to handle, manage, treat, v. intens. from trahere tractum to draw. See {Trace}, v. t., and cf {Entreat}, {Retreat}, {Trait}.] 1. To handle; to manage; to use to bear one's self toward; as to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly. 2. To discourse on to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as to treat a subject diffusely. 3. 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. 4. To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for [Obs.] To treat the peace, a hundred senators Shall be commissioned. --Dryden. 5. (Med.) 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. 6. To subject to some action to apply something to as to treat a substance with sulphuric acid. --Ure. 7. To entreat; to beseech. [Obs.] --Ld. Berners
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