treat
interact in a certain way
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,398 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,160 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- interact in a certain way also: handle, do by Do right by herTreat him with caution, please
- subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition also: process process cheeseprocess hair
- provide treatment for also: care for The doctor treated my broken legThe nurses cared for the bomb victims
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression also: cover, handle, plow, deal, address This book deals with incestThe course covered all of Western Civilization
- provide with a gift or entertainment Grandmother always treated us to the circusI like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed
- provide with choice or abundant food or drink also: regale Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treatingShe treated her houseguests with good food every night
treat in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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So they meant to treat me like a child.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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Of course if you treat a horse like a savage he will become savage.
With Lee in Virginia · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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When he has been vindicating privileges of Commons, can Members thus lightly treat incident?
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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But it would have been too much to have expected me to treat all this matter as removable rubbish.
Notes on Life & Letters · Joseph Conrad · Chapter 1
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We live in an age when men treat art as if it were meant to be a form of autobiography.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1