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treat
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treat
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trēt
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• v. [
trans.
]
1.
behave toward or deal with in a certain way:
she had been brutally treated
he
treated her with
grave courtesy.
∎
(
treat something as
)regard something as being of a specified nature with implications for one's actions concerning it:
the names are being treated as classified information.
∎
give medical care or attention to; try to heal or cure:
the two were
treated for
cuts and bruises.
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apply a process or a substance to (something) to protect or preserve it or to give it particular properties:
linen creases badly unless it is
treated with
the appropriate finish.
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