Treat

1. n. That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat.
2. v. t. To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one’s self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.
3. v. t. To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.
4. 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.
5. v. t. To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for.
6. 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.
7. v. t. To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to treat a substance with sulphuric acid.
8. v. t. To entreat; to beseech.
9. 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.
10. v. i. To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation; — often followed by with; as, envoys were appointed to treat with France.
11. 1n. 1 That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat.
12. 1v. t. 1 To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one’s self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.