treat
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
law
politics
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”).
Inflected forms:
form: treats
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: treating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: treated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: treated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: tret
pos: verb
tags: Northern-England
colloquial
error-unknown-tag
participle
past
form: tret
pos: verb
tags: Northern-England
colloquial
error-unknown-tag
past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: treat
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: treat
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: treated
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: treat
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: treatest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: treated
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: treatedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: treats
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: treateth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: treated
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: treat
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: treated
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: treat
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: treated
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: treat
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: treating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: treated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: treats
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Now halting a few paces before the Captains of the West he looked them up and down and laughed. 'Is there any in this rout with authority to treat with me?' he asked.
After all, in this hideous war we have just passed through never forget that Halifax would have treated with Hitler: it took Churchill to refuse.
I wouldn't promote businesses I considered immoral – ambulance-chasing lawyers or online roulette for example – but I've got nothing against computer or software manufacture: they're important and any reputable company in that industry is welcome to treat for my services.
gloss: To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Cicero's writing treats mainly of old age and personal duty.
Now of love they treat.
And, indeed, should the excellent Mr Broughton be prevailed on to set fist to paper, and to complete the above-said rudiments, by delivering down the true principles of athletics, I question whether the world will have any cause to lament, that none of the great writers, either antient or modern, have ever treated about that noble and useful art.
Rhetoric includes the earliest known theory on the proper use of metaphor; On Poetics treats the role of symbolism in drama and poetry.
gloss: To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The article treated feminism as a quintessentially modern movement.
gloss: To entreat or beseech (someone).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
transitive
examples: Only let my family live, I treat thee.
To treate a tiran it is but thing in vayne.
gloss: To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: You treated me like a fool.
She was tempted to treat the whole affair as a joke.
gloss: To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I treated my son to some popcorn in the interval.
I've done so well this month, I'll treat you all to dinner (or Dinner is my treat.)
My husband treated me to a Paris holiday for our anniversary.
gloss: To commit the offence of providing food, drink, entertainment or provision to corruptly influence a voter.
pos: verb
tags: UK
gloss: To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: They treated me for malaria.
We treated firefighters suffering from smoke inhalation, giving them oxygen to breathe and albuterol mist to help open their airways.
gloss: To subject to a chemical or other action; to act upon with a specific scientific result in mind.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He treated the substance with sulphuric acid.
I treated the photo somewhat to make the colours more pronounced.
gloss: To provide (someone) with something special and pleasant.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: If good acting in movies is appealing and you enjoy live performances of theatre, you may soon be treated by the GMC's own endeavors in the theatrical arts.
The Chelsea captain was a virtual spectator as he was treated to his side's biggest win for almost two years as Stamford Bridge serenaded him with chants of "there's only one England captain," some 48 hours after he announced his retirement from international football.
gloss: An entertainment, outing, food, drink, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.
pos: noun
examples: I took the kids to the zoo for a treat.
gloss: An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure.
pos: noun
examples: It was such a treat to see her back in action on the London stage.
gloss: A snack food.
pos: noun
examples: These coconut and marshmallow treats are easy to make.
Here are some healthy Halloween treats for ghouls and witches of all ages.
gloss: A snack food.
pos: noun
examples: I lured the cat into her carrier by throwing a couple of treats in there.
gloss: A parley or discussion of terms; a negotiation.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
gloss: An entreaty.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
Derived words: aftertreat
biotreat
cotreat
detreat
heat-treat
hydrotreat
ill-treat
maltreat
mistreat
no way to treat a lady
overtreat
phototreat
pretreat
retreat
re-treat
treatability
treatable
treatee
treat 'em mean to keep 'em keen
treater
treatler
treat like a Make-A-Wish kid
treat like dirt
treat like garbage
treat like shit
treat like trash
treatment
treat of
treator
treat-to-target
treature
treat with kid gloves
undertreat
untreatability
untreatable
a treat
doggy treat
Dutch treat
stand treat
treatless
treato
treatsome
trick-or-treat
trick or treat
trunk or treat
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