Hypertext Webster Gateway: "treated"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Treat \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. {Entreat}, {Retreat}, {Trait}.]
1. To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward;
as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

2. To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in
writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.

3. 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.

4. To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for. [Obs.]

To treat the peace, a hundred senators Shall be
commissioned. --Dryden.

5. (Med.) 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.

6. To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to
treat a substance with sulphuric acid. --Ure.

7. To entreat; to beseech. [Obs.] --Ld. Berners.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

treated
adj 1: subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or
agent; "the sludge of treated sewage can be used as
fertilizer"; "treated timbers resist rot"; "treated
fabrics resist wrinkling" [ant: {untreated}]
2: (of a specimen for study under a microscope) treated with a
reagent or dye that colors only certain structures
3: given medical care or treatment; "a treated cold is usually
gone in 14 days; if left untreated it lasts two weeks"
[ant: {untreated}]
4: made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat
treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"
[syn: {tempered}, {hardened}, {toughened}] [ant: {untempered}]


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