treat

n.

treat

v.

1. To deal with a person or thing

   negotiate, manage, have to do with, have business with, behave toward, handle, make terms with, act toward, react toward, use, employ, have recourse to.

   Antonyms neglect*, ignore*, have nothing to do with.

2. To deal with a subject

   talk of, write of, speak of, discourse upon, arrange, manipulate, comment, interpret, explain, enlarge upon, criticize, discuss, review, approach, tackle*.

3. To assist toward a cure

   attend, administer, prescribe, dose, operate, nurse, dress, minister to, apply therapy, care for, doctor*; see also heal 1.

4. To pay for another's entertainment

   entertain, indulge, satisfy, amuse, divert, play host to, escort, set up*, blow*, stake to*, stand to*.