treats

Verb

treat (third-person singular simple present treats, present participle treating, simple past and past participle treated or (Northern England, Bristol, colloquial) tret)

1. (intransitive) To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
   • 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.1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King, George Allen & Unwin
2. (intransitive) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
   • Cicero's writing treats mainly of old age and personal duty.

   Synonyms:

   chat, discourse, parley, common, confab, confabulate, conversate, converse, convo, jaw

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

   Synonyms:

   bespeak, discuss, talk about, bechat, confer, betalk, chat, moot, talk over

4. (intransitive, obsolete, transitive) To entreat or beseech (someone).
   • Only let my family live, I treat thee.
5. (transitive) To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
   • You treated me like a fool.

   Synonyms:

   behandle, deal with, use

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.
   • I treated my son to some popcorn in the interval.

See all 17 meanings of treat