| • | To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward;
   as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly. | 
											
															| • | To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in
   writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to
   treat a substance with sulphuric acid. | 
											
															| • | To entreat; to beseech. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation; -- often
   followed by with; as, envoys were appointed to treat with France. | 
											
															| • | To give a gratuitous entertainment, esp. of food or
   drink, as a compliment. | 
											
															| • | A parley; a conference. | 
											
															| • | An entertainment given as an expression of regard. | 
											
															| • | That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a
   satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat. |