· interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"

Synonym(s): handle, do_by

Hypernym(s): interact

· subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill"

Synonym(s): process

Hypernym(s): affect, impact, bear_upon, bear_on, touch_on, touch

· provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"

Synonym(s): care_for

· act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"

Synonym(s): cover, handle, plow, deal, address

Hypernym(s): broach, initiate

· provide with a gift or entertainment; "Grandmother always treated us to the circus"; "I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed"

Hypernym(s): give, gift, present

· provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night"

Synonym(s): regale

Hypernym(s): provide, supply, ply, cater

· engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement; "they had to treat with the King"

Hypernym(s): negociate

· regard or consider in a specific way; "I treated his advances as a joke"

Hypernym(s): react, respond

· 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"

Antonym(s): untreated

· given medical care or treatment; "a treated cold is usually gone in 14 days; if left untreated it lasts two weeks"

Antonym(s): untreated

· made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"

Synonym(s): tempered, hardened, toughened