treat
verb
[ triːt ]
• behave towards or deal with in a certain way.
• "she had been brutally treated"
Similar:
behave towards,
act towards,
conduct oneself towards,
use,
serve,
deal with,
handle,
manage,
• give medical care or attention to; try to heal or cure.
• "the two were treated for cuts and bruises"
Similar:
attend to,
tend,
minister to,
nurse,
give treatment to,
prescribe medicine for,
medicate,
dose,
doctor,
cure,
heal,
remedy,
make better,
• apply a process or a substance to (something) to protect or preserve it or to give it particular properties.
• "the lawns were treated with weedkiller every year"
• provide someone with (food, drink, or entertainment) at one's own expense.
• "he treated her to a slap-up lunch"
Similar:
buy,
take out for,
stand,
give,
pay for,
pay/foot the bill for,
entertain,
wine and dine,
regale with,
entertain with/by,
fete with,
amuse with/by,
divert with/by,
• negotiate terms with someone, especially an opponent.
• "propagandists claimed that he was treating with the enemy"
treat
noun
• an event or item that is out of the ordinary and gives great pleasure.
• "he wanted to take her to the pictures as a treat"
Similar:
celebration,
entertainment,
amusement,
diversion,
surprise,
party,
excursion,
outing,
present,
gift,
titbit,
delicacy,
little something,
luxury,
indulgence,
extravagance,
goodie,
pleasure,
source of pleasure,
delight,
thrill,
joy,
Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘negotiate’ and ‘discuss a subject’): from Old French traitier, from Latin tractare ‘handle’, frequentative of trahere ‘draw, pull’. The current noun sense dates from the mid 17th century.
