usage: interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"
2. process, treat, affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
usage: subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"
3. treat, care for
usage: provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"
usage: act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
5. treat, give, gift, present
usage: provide with a gift or entertainment; "Grandmother always treated us to the circus"; "I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed"
6. regale, treat, provide, supply, ply, cater
usage: provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night"
7. treat, negociate
usage: engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement; "they had to treat with the King"
8. treat, react, respond
usage: regard or consider in a specific way; "I treated his advances as a joke"
usage: subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent; "the sludge of treated sewage can be used as fertilizer"; "treated timbers resist rot"; "treated fabrics resist wrinkling"