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'treat' - used as a noun
1. something considered choice to eat
2. an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight

'treat' - used as a verb
3. interact in a certain way
Treat him with caution, please
4. subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
treat the water so it can be drunk
treat the lawn with chemicals
treat an oil spill
5. provide treatment for
The doctor treated my broken leg
The patient must be treated right away or she will die
Treat the infection with antibiotics
6. deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression
The new book treats the history of China
7. provide with a gift or entertainment
Grandmother always treated us to the circus
I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed
8. provide with choice or abundant food or drink
Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating
She treated her houseguests with good food every night
9. engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement
they had to treat with the King
10. regard or consider in a specific way
I treated his advances as a joke

derived forms
1. Treat / Plural
treats
2. Treat / Past
treated
3. Treat / Third Person
treats
4. Treat / Present Participle
treating
Variations of 'treat'
 
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