Treat (Verb)
Meaning 1
Regard or consider in a specific way; "I treated his advances as a joke".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 2
Engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement; "they had to treat with the King".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 3
Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 4
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".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 5
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".
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Verbs of eating and drinking.
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Meaning 6
Subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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- Fluoridise
- Ammoniate
- Nitrify
- Carboxylate
- Fumigate
- Bituminize
- Aerate
- Sulphur
- Scald
- Nitrogenise
- Camphorate
- Iodize
- Reverberate
- Vulcanize
- Creosote
- Chlorinate
- Run
- Beneficiate
- Seed
- Oxygenate
- Dose
- Agenize
- Propagate
- Fluoridate
- Curry
- Carbonate
- Irradiate
- Mercerize
- Malt
- Oxygenise
- Air-condition
- Chrome
- Bromate
- Tank
- Refine
- Nitrate
- Digest
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Meaning 7
Interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 8
Provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics".
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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- Cauterise
- Transfuse
- Psychoanalyze
- Burn
- Psychoanalyse
- Analyse
- Iodise
- Detoxify
- Phlebotomize
- Phlebotomise
- Leech
- Dispense
- Medicine
- Relieve
- Operate