treat
English
/tɹiːt/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
- (intransitive) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
- (transitive) To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.
- (transitive) To entreat or beseech (someone).
- (transitive) To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
- (transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward.
- (UK) To commit the offence of providing food, drink, entertainment or provision to corruptly influence a voter.
- (transitive) To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to.
- (transitive) To subject to a chemical or other action; to act upon with a specific scientific result in mind.
- To provide something special and pleasant.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English treten derived from treter derived from Old French tretier derived from Latin trāctare, tracto (pull, manage).
Origin
Latin
trāctare, tracto
Gloss
pull, manage
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Dutch English
- Dutch treat English
- antitreatment English
- biotreat English
- biotreatment English
- cotreat English
- cotreatment English
- detreat English
- hydrotreat English
- hydrotreater English
- hydrotreatment English
- ill English
- ill-treat English
- intertreatment English
- intreatable English
- maltreat English
- maltreater English
- maltreatest English
- maltreateth English
- maltreatment English
- medication assisted treatment English
- medication-assisted treatment English
- mistreat English
- mistreater English
- mistreatment English
- nontreatment English
- overtreat English
- overtreatment English
- phototreat English
- phototreatment English
- phytotreatment English
- posttreatment English
- pretreat English
- pretreatment English
- re-treat English
- retreatment English
- self-treatment English
- subtreatment English
- treatability English
- treatable English
- treatably English
- treater English
- treatest English
- treateth English
- treatless English
- treatment English
- treatsome English
- treature English
- undertreat English
- undertreatment English
- untreatability English
- untreatable English
- tractāre, tracto, tractō Latin
- trāctare, tracto Latin
- intratable Spanish, Castilian
- tratante Spanish, Castilian
- tratar Spanish, Castilian
- *tragʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- treten Middle English
- tretier Old French
- traicter Middle French
- treter xno
- ill
- Dutch
- treater
- cotreat
- detreat
- treatest
- re-treat
- treature
- mistreat
- treateth
- biotreat
- maltreat
- pretreat
- treatment
- overtreat
- treatsome
- ill-treat
- treatless
- treatably
- treatable
- undertreat
- hydrotreat
- phototreat
- mistreater
- maltreater
- maltreatest
- maltreateth
- Dutch treat
- retreatment
- intreatable
- cotreatment
- untreatable
- mistreatment
- hydrotreater
- maltreatment
- subtreatment
- treatability
- biotreatment
- pretreatment
- nontreatment
- overtreatment
- antitreatment
- posttreatment
- hydrotreatment
- phototreatment
- phytotreatment
- undertreatment
- self-treatment
- intertreatment
- untreatability
- medication assisted treatment
- medication-assisted treatment