treat

1. (intransitive) To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).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."intransitive

2. (intransitive) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.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."intransitive

3. (transitive) To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.Examples: "The article treated feminism as a quintessentially modern movement."transitive

4. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To entreat or beseech (someone).Examples: "Only let my family live, I treat thee."; "To treate a tiran it is but thing in vayne."intransitiveobsoletetransitive

5. (transitive) To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.Examples: "You treated me like a fool."; "She was tempted to treat the whole affair as a joke."Synonyms: usetransitive

6. (transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward.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."transitive