TREATED

tempered, treated, hardened, toughened

(adjective) made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; “a sword of tempered steel”; “tempered glass”

treated

(adjective) 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”

treated

(adjective) given medical care or treatment; “a treated cold is usually gone in 14 days; if left untreated it lasts two weeks”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

treated

simple past tense and past participle of treat

Anagrams

• aretted, detreat

Source: Wiktionary


TREAT

Treat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Treated; p. pr. & vb. n. Treating.] Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.

Treat, v. i.

1. To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to make discussion; -- usually with of; as, Cicero treats of old age and of duties. And, shortly of this story for to treat. Chaucer. Now of love they treat. Milton.

2. To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation; -- often followed by with; as, envoys were appointed to treat with France. Inform us, will the emperor treat! Swift.

3. To give a gratuitous entertainment, esp. of food or drink, as a compliment.

Treat, n.

1. A parley; a conference. [Obs.] Bid him battle without further treat. Spenser.

2. An entertainment given as an expression of regard.

3. That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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