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  • 1treat|ment — «TREET muhnt», noun. 1. the act or process of treating: »My cold won t respond to treatment. 2. a way of treating: »This cat has suffered from bad treatment. 3. a thing done or used to treat something else such as a disease. 4. a detailed outline …

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  • 2treat — treat1 [ trit ] verb transitive *** ▸ 1 behave toward someone ▸ 2 deal with something ▸ 3 cure illness ▸ 4 protect/preserve something ▸ 5 be nice to someone 1. ) to behave toward someone in a particular way: She felt she had been unfairly treated …

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  • 3treat — I UK [triːt] / US [trɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms treat : present tense I/you/we/they treat he/she/it treats present participle treating past tense treated past participle treated *** 1) to behave towards someone in a particular way She felt… …

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  • 4treat — [triːt] verb [transitive] 1. to deal with someone or something in a particular way: • We treat all complaints very seriously. treat somebody/​something as • Proceeds from the asset transfers won t be treated as income. • Some information ought to …

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  • 5treat — ► VERB 1) behave towards or deal with in a certain way. 2) give medical care or attention to. 3) apply a process or a substance to. 4) present or discuss (a subject). 5) (treat to) provide (someone) with (food, drink, or entertainment) at one s… …

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  • 6Treat — Treat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Treated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Treating}.] [{OE}. treten, OF. traitier, F. traiter, from L. tractare to draw violently, to handle, manage, treat, v. intens. from trahere, tractum, to draw. See {Trace}, v. t., and cf.… …

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  • 7treat — [trēt] vi. [ME treten < OFr traiter, to handle, meddle, treat < L tractare, freq. of trahere, to DRAW] 1. to discuss terms (with a person or for a settlement); negotiate 2. to deal with a subject in writing or speech; speak or write (of) 3 …

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  • 8treat with — ˈtreat with [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they treat with he/she/it treats with present participle treating with past tense treated with …

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  • 9Something Leather — is a novel by Alasdair Gray which was published in 1990. Its framing narrative is the story of June s initiation into sado masochistic activities by the female operators of a leather clothing shop in Glasgow.The four central characters are from… …

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  • 10treat somebody to something — ˈtreat sb to sth derived to entertain sb with sth special • The crowd were treated to a superb display of tennis. Main entry: ↑treatderived …

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