(v. t.) To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward;
as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.
(v. t.) To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in
writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to
treat a substance with sulphuric acid.
(v. t.) To entreat; to beseech.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation; -- often
followed by with; as, envoys were appointed to treat with France.
(v. i.) To give a gratuitous entertainment, esp. of food or
drink, as a compliment.
(n.) A parley; a conference.
(n.) An entertainment given as an expression of regard.
(n.) That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a
satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat.
