Treat /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Treated; p. pr. & vb. n. Treating

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.

5. 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. (Med.)
6. To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to treat a substance with sulphuric acid.
7. To entreat; to beseech. [Obs.]

1. 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.

   And, shortly of this story for to treat.

   Now of love they treat.

2. To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation; -- often followed by with; as, envoys were appointed to treat with France.

   Inform us, will the emperor treat!

3. To give a gratuitous entertainment, esp. of food or drink, as a compliment.

1. A parley; a conference. [Obs.]

   Bid him battle without further treat.

2. An entertainment given as an expression of regard.
3. That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat.