treatn.1
/triːt/, U.S. /trit/ I. Senses arising out of treat v.† 1. The action or an act of treating, or discussing terms; parley, negotiation; agreement; treaty.† 2. An entreaty, a beseeching. Obsolete.† 3. † b. Treatment of guests or visitors; reception, entertainment. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > an agreement
forewardOE
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paction1440
reconventionc1449
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trystc1480
bond (also band) of manrent1482
covenance1484
concordance1490
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capitulation1535
conventmenta1547
convenience1551
compact1555
negotiation1563
sacrament1563
match1569
consortship1592
after-agreementa1600
combourgeoisie1602
convention1603
comburghership1606
transaction1611
end-makingc1613
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bare contract1641
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accompackmentc1650
rue-bargaina1657
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minute1720
tacka1758
understanding1803
meet1804
it's a go1821
deal1863
whizz1869
stand-in1870
gentlemen's agreement1880
meeting of minds1883
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > topic of or subject for conversation or gossip > discussion > discussion of terms
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treatyc1405
treatingc1450
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 248 In þis failen many men in tretes and acordis makynge.
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. 2222 With-out assaut þe castel were y-ȝolde;..in swyche case longe trete were in veyne.
1448 R. Hungerford in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 520 That comynycasyon and trete schold be had betwyxt hys counsayle and myne.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 35 [He] tald quhat tretis he had maid, And quhat day he thame [sc. the English] gevyn had.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) x. 125 Schir alexander of Argill..send tretis [1489 Adv. treyteris] to þe king, And com his man but tarying.
1529 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis (1845) I. 396 We þe saidis prowest bailȝeis consall and communite riplie auisit..be lang tret conuening togidder.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. viii. sig. Kk3v [He] Bad that same boaster,..To leaue to him that lady for excheat, Or bide him batteill without further treat.
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the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty
halsingc825
bisocnea1250
beseechinga1300
scritha1325
adjurementa1382
obsecrationa1382
supplication1417
jurationc1425
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treatise1470
entreatya1530
obtestation1531
entreat1532
greetc1540
entreature?1548
supplicamusa1580
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beseech1609
instant1610
impetration1618
solicit1639
entreatment1825
plea1925
1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Div The King..Then vowes, prayes, treates; vowes, treates, and prayers vaine, From prayers, treates, and vowes he doth refraine.
1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil XII Aeneids iv. 105 But none of all her treats or bitter teares Remove his thoughts.
a1660 in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1880) II. 133 By word of mouth [he] made faire promises mingled with many treates.
a. = treatment n. 1; an instance of this. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > behaviour towards another or treatment
entreatisea1513
treaturea1513
behaviour?1521
entreaty1525
entreating1529
entreatance1534
usage1536
entertainment1547
demeanour1548
tractation1548
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treatmentc1560
entreatment1563
demean1596
carriage1598
manage1608
measure1611
quarter1615
treaty1631
treatance1644
meanora1670
treat1671
comportment1697
1671 S. Butler To Memory Renowned Du-Vall 4 France..That serves the ruder Northern Nations With Methods of Address and Treat.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi ii. iv. 11/1 Those harsher and harder Treats, which he sometimes had from the Frowardness of not a few.
a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 286 All..Who had from him receiv'd injurious Treat.
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society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > [noun] > reception of visitors
recueil1490
entertainment1563
entreatya1569
reception1615
receipt1664
entertaininga1687
treat1691
accoil1814
recep.1918
1691 Revol. New Eng. Justified in Andros Tracts (1868) I. 107 After a very unkind Treat, we humbly prayed his Excellency [etc.].
1698 J. Vanbrugh Æsop ii. i I don't know how I shall return your friendly treat.
c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 148 Mr. Wm. Allen..gave me a very civil treate, being an acquaintance of my Brother.
4.
a. concrete. An entertainment of food and drink, esp. one given without expense to the recipient; a feast, refection, collation. Obsolete or merged in b.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun]
farmeOE
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gesteningc1200
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junkerya1425
banquet1483
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festine1520
Maundy1533
junketing1577
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entertain1620
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treatmenta1656
treat1659
regale1670
regality1672
festino1741
spreadation1780
spread1822
blowout1823
tuck-out1823
burst1849
1659 J. Evelyn Char. Eng. 35 They drink their crowned Cups roundly,..daunce after the Fiddle, kiss freely, and tearm it an honourable Treat.
1705 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) V. 536 According to the late acts, no money is to be spent or treats made upon account of elections.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 88 A very handsome Table, covered with..a cold Treat, that is to say, Cold roasted Mutton and Beef.
1736 F. Drake Eboracum i. viii. 379 He performed all the exercises and gave the usual treat for the degree of doctor in divinity.
1819 W. Wordsworth Waggoner ii. 46 Our treat shall be a friendly bowl.
b. Hence, An entertainment of any kind given gratuitously, esp. to children; a pleasure party or the like.
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society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [noun] > treat or entertainment
gesteningc1200
gestonyea1500
regale1670
treat1683
1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 156 For a concluding Treat you expect a formal epilogue.
1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 44 The Bastile could inspire no horrours into them. This was a treat for their betters.
1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond ii I had promised a dozen of them a treat down the river.
1885 Liverpool Daily Post 23 Apr. 5/2 Vanloads of happy urchins, bent on enjoying their Sunday school treat.
c. The action of treating or entertaining; one's part or turn to treat; an invitation to eat or drink.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > entertainment with food
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cheeringc1443
boarding1530
banqueting1535
potluck1592
refection1601
collationing1652
regality1672
suppering1675
blithemeat1681
treat1690
regalement1708
regale1753
bed and board1756
bed and breakfast1910
1690 J. Crowne Eng. Frier v. 53 The Bride is my kinswoman, so the Treat to night is mine, and I invite all this good Company.
1888 ‘W. Châteauclair’ Young Seigneur 135 ‘Shut up, Potdevin!’ said the only man who understood English, fearful lest the second treat should go astray.
d. to stand treat: to bear the expense of a treat.
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1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow III. xx. 299 Neither she nor the corporal would stand treat.
1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond ix We had a very merry party at Vauxhall, Gus insisting on standing treat.
1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate i That stingy old thing..would not go into a cake-shop, though I offered to stand treat.
5.
a. Something highly enjoyable; a great pleasure, delight, or gratification. Also rarely applied to a person as an emotional expression of commendation (quot. 1825). colloquial.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > [noun] > pleasant or enjoyable thing
treat1770
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > source of pleasure > a treat
treat1805
nicey?1870
jam1871
a fair treat1884
pie1884
the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun]
darlingc888
belamy?c1225
culver?c1225
dearc1230
sweetheartc1290
heartc1300
sweetc1330
honeya1375
dovec1386
jewelc1400
birdc1405
cinnamonc1405
honeycombc1405
lovec1405
wantonc1450
mulling?a1475
daisyc1485
crowdy-mowdy?a1513
honeysop?a1513
powsowdie?a1513
suckler?a1513
foolc1525
buttinga1529
whitinga1529
beautiful1534
turtle-dove1535
soula1538
heartikin1540
bully?1548
turtle1548
lamba1556
nyletc1557
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ding-ding1564
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golpol1568
sparling1570
lover1573
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mopsy1582
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bonny1594
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pinkany1599
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pinkaninny1696
nug1699
hinny1724
puss1753
pet1767
dovey1769
sweetie1778
lovey-dovey1781
lovely1791
ducky1819
toy1822
acushla1825
alanna1825
treat1825
amigo1830
honey child1832
macushla1834
cabbage1840
honey-bunch1874
angel pie1878
m'dear1887
bach1889
honey baby1895
prawn1895
hon1896
so-and-so1897
cariad1899
pumpkin1900
honey-bun1902
pussums1912
snookums1919
treasure1920
wogger1922
amico1929
sugar1930
baby cake1949
angel cake1951
lamb-chop1962
petal1974
bae2006
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > pleasing person
weala1225
pleaserc1447
agreeable1712
treat1825
nicey?1870
a fair treat1884
1770 J. Wedgwood Let. 13 Oct. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 98 Your stay here..was a most agreeable treat to us and all your friends in this part of the world.
1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xix. 373 Carrion is a treat to dogs, ravens, vultures, fish.]
1805 E. Dayes Wks. 127 Here the admirer of nature will receive a high treat, from..woods, sinking into deep glens [etc.].
1823 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 385 Her ‘Few Days in Athens’..has been a treat to me of the highest order.
1825 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) II. 13 Lord Dudley is a treat, and deserves his cutlets for the admirable despatch he wrote.
1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xxx. 4 His speeches were an intellectual treat.
1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember II. xv. 267 The excursion..was another-guess sort of treat.
1901 T. J. Alldridge Sherbro xxiii. 237 An open shed-kitchen, so clean that it was quite a treat to look at it.
b. a treat (adv.adj.): so as to gratify highly; extremely well; also (gen. or ironically) extremely, excessively. colloquial.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective]
faireOE
bremea1000
goodlyOE
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noblec1300
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specialc1325
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hathelc1440
curiousc1475
singlerc1500
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rare?a1534
gallant1539
eximious1547
jolly1548
egregious?c1550
jellyc1560
goodlike1562
brawc1565
of worth1576
brave?1577
surprising1580
finger-licking1584
admirablea1586
excellinga1586
ambrosial1598
sublimated1603
excellent1604
valiant1604
fabulous1609
pure1609
starryc1610
topgallant1613
lovely1614
soaringa1616
twanging1616
preclarent1623
primea1637
prestantious1638
splendid1644
sterling1647
licking1648
spankinga1666
rattling1690
tearing1693
famous1695
capital1713
yrare1737
pure and —1742
daisy1757
immense1762
elegant1764
super-extra1774
trimming1778
grand1781
gallows1789
budgeree1793
crack1793
dandy1794
first rate1799
smick-smack1802
severe1805
neat1806
swell1810
stamming1814
divine1818
great1818
slap-up1823
slapping1825
high-grade1826
supernacular1828
heavenly1831
jam-up1832
slick1833
rip-roaring1834
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lummy1838
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slap1840
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awful1843
way up1843
exalting1844
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ripsnorting1846
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posho1989
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beaut2013
1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes i. 3 'E could 'andle 'is dooks, an' no error: the way 'e set abaht Bill was a fair treat.
1899 Daily News 8 May 4/2 This air makes yer liver work a fair treat.
1910 Daily News 24 Dec. 4 I've begun with a white-washing job. It pays out my arms a treat.
1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 18 Apr. 10 We..set light to a..dump of Iraqi petrol which went up a fair treat.
1959 A. Sillitoe Loneliness of Long-distance Runner iii. 185 The sports ground looked a treat: with big tea-tents all round and flags flying.
1960 Guardian 23 Dec. 7/2 He had a stroke..but he's come on a treat.
1984 New Yorker 17 Sept. 56/1 I knew this floor had life left in it... It's come up a treat.
II. Various obsolete or dialectal senses, not directly from the verb.† 6. on (in) treat, (a) ? at full length; in a series; (b) ? continuously, uninterruptedly, at length, at leisure. Obsolete. [Compare Old French à trait ‘lentement, posément, a loisir’ (Godefroy).] † 7. Medicine. A plaster or ointment spread on a cloth. Obsolete. [? Aphetic for entrete n., Old French entrait adhesive plaster.] † 8. = treatise n. 1a, 1b, 1c Obsolete. [? A clipped form of tretis, treatise n., the -is being taken as plural suffix. But compare also French traité treatise.] † 9. = trace n.2 1, 2 traces. Obsolete. rare. [ < French traits, earlier traiz, trais, whence English trays , trace n.1 (taken as singular, with plural traces).] † 10. A feature, lineament: = tract n.3 7; cf. trait n. 4. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > continuously or uninterruptedly [phrase]
in onec1275
on (in) treat?a1400
?a1400 Morte Arth. 3655 The marynerse..Towyne trvsselle one trete, trvssene vpe sailes.
c1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 1174 Hath þy herte be wroth or gret When goddes serues was drawe on tret?
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxx. 406 For wysely He spekys on trete.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > poultice, plaster, or compress
plasterOE
clydec1325
emplastera1382
entretea1400
pottagea1400
poulticea1400
faldellac1400
treatc1400
Gratia Dei?a1425
magdaleon?a1425
strictorya1425
grace of Godc1450
emplastrum?1541
malagma?1541
sparadrap1543
spasmadrap?a1547
plasture?1550
mustard plaster1562
cataplasm1563
oint-plaster1578
quilt1583
compress1599
compression1599
diachylum-plaster1599
pulment1599
pulvinar1599
frontlet1600
sinapism1601
epithemation1615
diapalma1646
opodeldoc1646
attraction1656
treacle plaster1659
melilot emplaster1676
stay1676
oxycroceum1696
melilot plaster1712
adhesive1753
bag1753
mustard poultice1765
soap plaster1789
water dressing1830
poor man's plaster1833
compressor1851
spongiopiline1851
vinegar-poultice1854
water-strapping1854
pitch-plaster1858
jacket poultice1862
mustard leaf1869
mustard paper1874
piline1874
plaster-mull1890
mustard cloth1897
plaster-muslin1899
antiphlogistin1901
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 132 Take .iiij. partis of rosyn, & þe .v part of wex, & drawe abrood þat treet on a clooþ, & leie it on þe wounde.
a1450 Stockh. Med. MS. 87 For to make trete þat ys callyd playster of plombe.
a1450 Stockh. Med. MS. 111 A tret for iche wound sanatyf.
1483 Cath. Angl. 393/1 Trett, tractura, emplastrum.
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 30v Wyth a cerote or treat made of waxe.
1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. xviii. 304 This is a most soveraign Treate or Salve.
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the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] > a narrative or account
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historyc1230
sawc1320
tellinga1325
treatisec1374
chroniclec1380
process?1387
legendc1390
prosec1390
pistlec1395
treatc1400
relationc1425
rehearsal?a1439
report?a1439
narrationc1449
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story1489
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repeat1609
texture1611
recitation1614
rendera1616
prospect1625
recitement1646
tell1743
diegesis1829
récit1915
narrative line1953
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > [noun]
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ergasy1637
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tractic1651
supernaturals1676
adenography1689
c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 87 We shhall determyn after by a short trete, of propertez & vertuz of herbes.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 502/2 Trete (H., P. tretye or tretyce, A. tretyng), tractatus.
c1485 Digby Myst. iv. 3 Rede this treyte.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 307 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 104 At ye forsaid trist quhar ye trete tellis.
c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Cvjv To schaw ye auld maneris of scottis..vnder ane compendius treit.
1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse Ded. 4 Thys matteir..I have chosen..too entreate upon, In respecte ye treate therof is..avaylable & nedeful.
a1555 J. Philpot tr. C. S. Curione Def. Authority Christ's Church in R. Eden Exam. & Writings J. Philpot (1842) (modernized text) 340 Let us proceed unto another treate of Florebell's.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > harness of draught animal > traces
tracec1350
side rope1370
wain-rope1371
trace14..
soam1404
pintrace1440
side-trace1445
wain-string1464
theats1496
treat1611
trek-tow1822
trace-chain1844
tug-strap1882
trek-rope1883
trace-rope1900
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Traict,..a team-trace, or trait; the cord or chaine that runs betweene the horses, etc.
1613 G. Markham Eng. Husbandman: 1st Pt. Former Pt. v. sig. D The Treates by which the horses draw, being strong cords made of the best Hempe.
1620 G. Markham Farewell to Husbandry (1668) ii. xiii. 61 To the big end of this harrow you shall fix a strong rope with a swingle-tree with Treats, Coller, and Harness.
c1880 F. T. Elworthy Let. to Editor Traces of rope, by which horses drag the plough. Still called traites in Dorsetsh. to distinguish from chain-traces.]
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > distinctive feature of
remark1660
feature1692
treat1721
handwriting1827
1721 A. Ramsay O'er Bogie in Tea-table Misc. iii There a' the beauties do combine Of colour, treats and air.
Compounds
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > other nets
Peter netc1280
flue1388
wade1388
stalker1389
shove-net1418
trod-net1523
butt1533
web1533
fagnet1558
seur1558
trimnet1558
trollnet1558
pot-net1584
treat net1584
weir-net1585
hagan1630
henbilt1630
rugnet1630
basket-net1652
landing-net1653
stream-net1662
wolf1725
ram's horn1792
gill net1795
wolf-net1819
trap-net1856
forewheel1861
stow-net1871
lave net1875
kettle-bail1881
beating-net1883
keeve-net1883
net basin1883
wing-neta1884
trap-seine1891
lead-net1910
ghost net1959
1584 in Descr. of Thames (1758) 63 Treat Nets, Peter Nets, must be two Inches large in the Meish.
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treattreetn.2
Now dialect.† 2. Here apparently belongs the denomination bread of trete n. (Anglo-Norman pain de trayte medieval (Anglo-)Latin panis de trete, treit), also simply trayt, the second lowest and cheapest quality of bread specified in the Statute of Bread and Ale, 51 Hen. III, 1266; the name remained in use down to the 15th cent.Also discussed by the legal antiquaries of the 17th cent. and later (in many cases with erroneous guesses: e.g. in Blount Law Dict. 1670, Phillips (ed. Kersey) 1706, Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. at Trayt, etc.).The Statute of 1266 specified three (or four) varieties of bread of fine flour, of which the standard form was the wastel (Old French gastel, French gâteau), and three qualities of inferior bread, viz. bread of whole wheat, bread of trete, and bread of any kind of grain; the farthing loaf of trete was to weigh twice the weight of wastel, on account of the bran left in it.
1. The second of the three qualities of bran removed by bolting from wheaten meal.Halliwell has ‘Trait, the coarser meal, Cornw.’; but this is not given in any of the Cornwall Glossaries.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > bran > [noun] > second grade bran
treata1642
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 110 In every bushell of meale that commeth from the mill there is very neare a pecke of chizell dressed out, which hereabouts is called treate, in the South-Country, branne.
1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Bye-bootings, or Sharps, the finest kind of bran; the second in quality being called Treet, and the worst Chizzel.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Treet, the second quality of bran. The finest quality is called ‘sharps’ and the coarsest ‘chizzel’.
a1895 S. Hewett MS Coll. Devonshire Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1905) VI. 218/2 Near Barnstaple I heard a farmer's wife say—‘Yu ant atuked the traite out fine enough; there's a gude dayle o' the cuse bran long wi' this yer’ [You haven't taken the treat out fine enough; there's a good deal of the coarse bran along with this here].
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > low-quality bread
pig breadOE
swainloaf1358
bread of afflictiona1425
bread of trete1607
1266 Act 51 Hen. III, Stat. Bread & Ale Quando quarterium frumenti venditur pro xij. d. tunc panis quadrantis de Wastello..ponderabit sex libras & sexdecim solidos..Panis vero de trait [v.r. tret] ponderabit duos Wastellos.
c1290 Fleta ii. ix. §1 [Quoting prec.] Panis de Treyt.
c1320 Iter Camerarii c. 9 in Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 697 Tercio quod non panificant quodlibet genus panis ut lex burgi requirit videlicet quachetum, wastellum, Symnellum, panem alsamyn, purum panem, et panem mixtum de treyt.
a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xxx. 89 Of al hol bred þe furþing wort sal weie a coket ant an half, bred of trait sal weie tuuei wasteles, bred of alle kunne corne sal weie tuuei cokettes.
14.. Ipswich Domesday in Blk. Bk. Adm. II. 175 Summe [bakers] maken wastel, ferst coket, and trayt all oonly; and summe symnel and trayt.
1420 Marescalcia Prioris in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 359 No pa alb nc tret no pond'.
1425 Marescalcia Prioris in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 371 Panis alb' ob' minus per iijs. & panis de tret.
1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Vvv3v/1 Breade of treate, anno 51 H. 3, Statute of breade, &c. what it signifieth, I cannot learne.
1609 J. Skene tr. Chalmerlane Air ix, in Regiam Majestatem 150 b Baksters sould be challenged that..4 They make not all kindes of bread, as law requyres; that is ane fage, symmell, wastell, pure cleane breade, mixed breade, and bread of trayt.
a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 74 Bread of Treet seems to be Houshold-Bread of the best Wheat unravelled, or ravelled through the coursest Boultel.
1708 W. Kennett Cowell's Interpreter (ed. 2) sig. K2vb In the Statutes of Bread and Ale, made 51 H. 3..you have mention made of Bread coket, Wastel-bread, Bread of Treet, and Bread of Common Wheat.
1863 R. Chambers Bk. of Days I. 119/2 Trete bread, or bread of trete,..made of wheat meal once bolted, or from which the fine flour at one sifting had been removed. This was also known as ‘bis’ or brown bread, and probably owed its name to..bran being so largely its constituent.
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treatv.
/triːt/, U.S. /trit/ 1. † b. transitive. To handle or discuss (an affair) with a view to settlement; to negotiate, arrange, plan; rarely in bad sense, to plot (quot. 1622). In early use also with object clause. Obsolete.
a. intransitive. To deal or carry on negotiations (with another) with a view to settling terms; to discuss terms of settlement; to bargain, negotiate.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > confer, consult, or deliberate
roundc1275
to speak togetherc1275
to take counselc1290
counsel1297
treat1297
advisea1393
communea1393
to take deliberationc1405
common1416
to put (also bring, lay, set, etc.) their (also our, your) heads togetherc1425
janglec1440
bespeak1489
parliamenta1492
intercommonc1540
confer1545
parle1558
consult1565
imparl1572
break parle1594
handle1596
emparley1600
to confer notes1650
to compare notes1709
powwow1780
to get together1816
palaver1877
the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > negotiate
driveOE
treat1297
chaffer1377
broke1496
hucka1529
capitulate1537
hack1587
haggle1589
huckster1593
negotiate1598
to stand out1606
palter1611
to drive a hard bargaina1628
priga1628
scotch1627
prig1632
higgle1633
to dodge it1652
to beat a (the) bargain1664
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 10383 Þe verste day of octobre þis conseil bigan, Vor to trety of is lond þer was mani a man.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 250 And aftir that of Mariage Thei trete and axen of hir wille.
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 150 Begyn no trouble whan men trete of pees.
c1480 (a1400) SS. Simon & Jude 178 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 213 Or ellis ger þi fays be rycht wondir fayne to tret with þe.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 302 They treated for a peace betweene the two kinges, but nothing came to effect.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 195 I..was forced to treat with unknowne Merchants for taking money upon exchange.
1645 O. Cromwell Let. in J. Sprigge Anglia Rediviva (1647) iii. ii. 128 The Governour beat a Parley, desiring to treat.
1795 Ld. Auckland Corr. (1862) III. 353 My private opinion has ever been, that it is right in war to treat at all times.
1838–42 T. Arnold Hist. Rome III. xlv. 306 They began to treat with Marcellus for the surrender of Syracuse.
1895 Times 16 Jan. 14/2 The railway company..served upon Lord Gerard a notice to treat for certain land.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > negotiate
setc900
treat1357
merchantc1400
tract1508
article1526
capitulate1567
articulate1602
to stand with ——1616
huckster1642
traffica1649
transact1654
negotiate1720
renegotiate1787
the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse with [verb (transitive)] > discuss or confer about > terms
treat1357
pourparle1534
parley1611
1357 Lay Folks Catech. (T.) 46 Oure fadir the Ercebishop..Has treted and ordayned for commune profet, Thurgh the consaile of his clergie, That ilkane that vndir him has kepynge of saules,..Teche and preche.
1406 Rolls of Parl. V. 417/1 Come for to trete Pees or Trieues.
1480 W. Caxton Descr. Brit. 30 The cause was handled and ytreated bitwene the forsaid primates.
1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 44 He trayted that she shold haue of two barons that one.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 177 Quhen þis cunnand þus tretit wes.
1533 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 154 Passing to the Newcastell to treit the peace.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 154 Which of vs two treats falsehood, which intends diceit?
1658 J. Bramhall Consecration Protestant Bishops Justified vi. 133 That these things should be treated, and concluded, and executed all at one meeting.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 360 He was treating a marriage with the Archduchess.
c. With adverb complement: To bring or get (into or out of some position or condition) by negotiation.
ΚΠ
1414 26 Pol. Poems xiii. 139 While ȝe trete, ay þey gete. Ȝe trete ȝoure self out of ȝoure riȝt.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1904) I. l. 6554 A gret partye of the lond They hadden j-treted jnto here hond.
1681 Moores Baffled 3 They..advanced to besiege Tanger, but were violently repulsed, say some; others say, fairly treated off by the Portuguezes.
1882 Schouler Hist. U.S. II. 111 Eaton..indulged in some indiscreet reflections upon the administration for treating out himself and Hamet.
2.
a. intransitive. To deal with some matter in speech or writing; to discourse. (In quot. 1517 transferred of pictorial representation.) Const. of, formerly also on, upon.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > write treatise about or treat of [verb (transitive)]
writeOE
handleOE
treatc1325
treatc1374
entreatc1425
treatise1506
tract1529
pertract1542
overharl1568
entracta1572
to speak to ——1610
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 686 (742) Man maketh ofte a yerde With which þe makere is hym self beten In sondry maneres as þis wyse treten.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 3 Kings iv. 33 Salamon..tretede of þe bestis & fooulis.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 215 To trete upon the cas of love,..I finde write a wonder thing.
1517 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (new ed.) iv.17 The hall was hanged,..With cloth of arras..That treated well of a ful noble story.
1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 527 The Sixtieth Chapter treateth vpon this text.
1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 150 Objections..brought out of Writers treating of other matters.
1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 3 The Roman Capitals have..been treated of.
1681 P. Bellon tr. F. de Monginot New Myst. Physick Introd. 46 The Author of this Discourse..having already..sufficiently..treated on that point.
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. iii. 14 Certain writings of our Divines that treat of grace.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. i. 6 What subject did you treat upon?
a1873 E. O. M. Deutsch Lit. Remains (1874) 173 This book..treating of a most abstruse subject.
b. transitive. To deal with (a subject) in speech or writing; to discuss. In modern use often with mixture of sense 10: to deal with in the way of literary art.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > write treatise about or treat of [verb (transitive)]
writeOE
handleOE
treatc1325
treatc1374
entreatc1425
treatise1506
tract1529
pertract1542
overharl1568
entracta1572
to speak to ——1610
c1325 Song of Yesterday 155 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 137 Ensaumple here of i wol ȝou trete.
c1380 J. Wyclif Last Age Church p. xxiii Aftir þe opynioun of hem þat trete þis matir.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark ix. 32 What tretiden ȝe in the weie?
?c1425 Crafte Nombrynge in R. Steele Earliest Arithm. in Eng. (1922) 3 Þis boke tretys þe Craft of Nombryng.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. i. 1 I syr John Froissart, wyll treat and recorde an hystory of great louage and preyse.
1590 Articles against Cartwright in T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. (1655) ix. 202 That he [sc. Thomas Cartwright] with others in some..Conference..or..Assembly..did treat, and dispute..these six Articles.
1738 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) I. Pref. p. ii I have already treated them with some extent.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xii. 86 Questions which shall be treated under their proper heads.
1914 N.E.D. at Treat Mod. I wonder how he will treat the subject.
a. To entreat, beseech, request (transitive and absol.); in quot. ?a1513, to get by entreaty. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > beseech or implore
beseechc1175
ofsechec1300
praya1350
praya1387
supply?c1400
treatc1450
entreatc1475
solicitate1563
bepray1598
exore1598
exorate1599
implorea1616
deprecate1624
beg1675
implead1682
fleech1718
impetrate1881
c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 1923 Thus thay treted him to and fro; At the laste he sayde, he wolde.
c1480 (a1400) St. Lucy 16 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 387 Hir modyr..scho tretyt with hire for to ga.
1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cvi I trete for na favour.
1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cvi Schir gawyne tretit the knight to turn his entent.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 144 Giftis fra sum ma na man treit.
?1521 A. Barclay Bk. Codrus & Mynalcas sig. Diij To treate a tyranne, it is but thyng in vayne.
1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Div The King..Then vowes, prayes, treates; vowes, treates, and prayers vaine, From prayers, treates, and vowes he doth refraine.
1630 J. Taylor Laugh & be Fat in Wks. ii. 74/2 He from thy labour treats thee to giue o're.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > conversation > addressing or speaking to > speak to or address [verb (transitive)]
speakc950
beclepec1220
enreason1297
saluec1300
calla1325
clepe1362
to speak on ——?1370
salutec1380
to call upon ——c1405
escry1483
assaya1522
treatc1540
accost1567
encounter1578
bespeaka1593
affront1598
parley1611
address1683
chin-chin1817
chat1898
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5309 Then Teutra þo triet men tretid o þis wise:—‘Ye worshipfull weghes, well be you euer’.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12844 Tretis hom truly all with tried wordes.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > conduct (an affair)
demeanc1315
to see for ——1405
to go in hand with (also to do something)c1450
treatc1450
behavea1529
ordera1535
handle1548
manage1579
to bear forth1631
conduct1632
c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. iii. 67 Write my wordes in þin herte, and trete hem diligently.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 35 Off þaim I thynk þis buk to ma; Now God gyff grace þat I may swa Tret It and bryng It till endyng.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 265 With all thy hart treit bissines and cure.
1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 21 He intendit to offer the signe onelie, and ȝe, to treit the veritie self of the sacrifice off the Kirk.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)]
repeOE
warpa1225
treatc1384
feela1400
palp1534
palpabrize1593
fista1616
handa1616
thrumble1632
to set (one's) hand to1638
to feel of ——1678
digitize1689
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > use the bit or mouth roughly
treat1617
saw1850
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Coloss. ii. 22 Nether ȝe schulen touche, nether taste, nether trete with hondis tho thingis.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 75 Loke yf hit be glewy, tough to trete.
1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. bvjv/2 In especyall were ordeyned xij persones..whych shold treate & see the relyques.
1617 G. Markham Cavelarice (new ed.) i. 83 Those barbarous..Horsemen, which with distempered hands, rough brackes, or townd snaffles, doe treate [1607 teare] and breake their horses mouthes.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > manage or administer
steerc888
leadc1175
guyc1330
guidec1374
governa1382
ministera1382
treat1387
administer1395
dispose1398
skift?a1400
warda1400
solicit1429
to deal with1469
handlea1470
execute1483
convoy?a1513
conveyc1515
mayne1520
to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handa1522
keepa1535
administrate1538
solicitate1547
to dispose of1573
manure1583
carry1600
manage1609
negotiate1619
conduct1632
to carry on1638
mesnage1654
nurse1745
work1841
operate1850
run1857
stage-manage1906
ramrod1920
the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > impel or prompt
shapec1330
causec1340
servec1380
treat1387
movec1390
promove1477
promote1530
instinct1549
misgive1587
prompt1602
apprompt1605
the world > action or operation > behaviour > behave or conduct oneself [verb (reflexive)]
wieldOE
leadc1175
bear?c1225
steera1250
to take onc1275
contain1297
to shift one's handa1300
demeanc1320
guyc1325
govern1340
keep1362
havec1390
rulec1390
guide14..
conceivea1425
maintain?a1425
maynea1425
behavec1440
disporta1450
orderc1487
use1497
handle?1529
convey1530
gesture1542
treat1568
carry1584
deport1598
bestow1606
comport1616
mienc1680
conduct1706
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 335 Þis Lanfrank tretede [MS. tredede] and bylad kyng William conquerour by an holy craft, nouȝt wiþ grym chidynge.
1425 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 5 Þe seyd Priour, his brether, and I also willen gladdely in these matieres be treted by yow.
1436 Rolls of Parl. IV. 501/2 The more sufficient that men be of liflode..þe more unlikly they are..to be treated or moeved to perjurie.
1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. xlii. 82/1 We may not treaten god ne put hym to no lawes.
1568 in J. Small Poems W. Dunbar (1893) II. 309 Treit weill thy self, and stand content.
7. † b. intransitive. To deal with in a specified way. Obsolete.
a. To deal with, behave or act towards (a person, animal, etc.) in some specified way; to ‘use’ (well, ill, properly, reverently, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > follow (a course of behaviour) [verb (transitive)] > behave towards
ateec1000
leadc1175
makec1175
farec1230
beleadc1275
dightc1275
beseec1300
servec1300
treatc1374
usea1382
proceeda1393
demean1393
to deal witha1400
treatc1400
to do to ——a1425
entreat?a1425
handc1440
ferea1450
entertain1490
ray1509
to do unto ——?1523
tract1548
deal1573
to carry a strict (also severe, etc.) hand over (also upon, to)c1591
play1597
to comport with1675
to behave towards or to1754
usen1814
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 134 And þat ye me wolde as youre broþer trete.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 552 Sho walde haue trete him all a mys.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 222 Alas þat folk, þat euer wes fre,.. War tretyt þan sa wykkytly, Þat þar fays þar iugis war.
1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxx. 79 Thy houshald trim and treit weill, thay confest.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 332 There are many Turkish and Moorish slaues, very rudely treat.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 53. ⁋2 That Mahometan Custom..of treating Women as if they had no Souls.
1746 W. Dunkin tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. ii. 15 Paris treats this Counsel with Disdain.
1816 J. Wilson City of Plague i. iv. 299 Treat his grey hairs with reverence.
c1850 Arabian Nights 604 The caliph..spoke to the young man, whom he had seen treat his mare so ill.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > follow (a course of behaviour) [verb (transitive)] > behave towards
ateec1000
leadc1175
makec1175
farec1230
beleadc1275
dightc1275
beseec1300
servec1300
treatc1374
usea1382
proceeda1393
demean1393
to deal witha1400
treatc1400
to do to ——a1425
entreat?a1425
handc1440
ferea1450
entertain1490
ray1509
to do unto ——?1523
tract1548
deal1573
to carry a strict (also severe, etc.) hand over (also upon, to)c1591
play1597
to comport with1675
to behave towards or to1754
usen1814
c1400 Rule St. Benet 441 Þai þat wil hir lare despise..With þam aw hir for to trete With preson & with penance grete.
1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 242 He treats with Aristotle, as one might do with Moses.
c. transitive. To consider or regard in a particular aspect and deal with accordingly. (Often with as.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > consider to be, account as
telleOE
talec897
seeOE
letc1000
holdc1200
reckon1340
aima1382
accounta1387
counta1387
judgec1390
takea1400
countc1400
receivec1400
existimatec1430
to look on ——?c1430
makec1440
reputea1449
suppose1474
treatc1485
determinea1513
recount?c1525
esteem1526
believe1533
estimate?1533
ascribe1535
consider1539
regard1547
count1553
to look upon ——1553
take1561
reck1567
eye?1593
censure1597
subscribe1600
perhibit1613
behold1642
resent1642
attributea1657
fancy1662
vogue1675
decount1762
to put down1788
to set down1798
rate1854
have1867
mean1878
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 115 Gif thare be ony thing..possible tobe done, he sall nocht trait jt tobe jmpossible.
1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxii. 147 The loss of so many captives was treated as a happy riddance.
1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation ii. 35 The clergy are often treated as obstacles to the diffusion of knowledge.
1886 Law Times 82 94/1 Rules of judicial discretion..are not to be treated as hard and fast rules that can never be broken.
d. Colloquial phrase to treat 'em rough, to manhandle (people, etc.), to treat harshly or aggressively. As a motto: see quot. 1918. Also (hyphenated) as attributive.phr. Chiefly U.S.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > treat violently [verb (transitive)] > treat violently or roughly
to lay hands (or hand) on or upon (also in, to)OE
ransacka1400
attamec1430
ruffle1489
tug1493
to shear against the wool1546
rumble1570
finger1572
to pull about1679
misguggle1814
rowdy1825
to jerk around1833
scrag1835
rough1845
hooligan1898
roughhouse1898
savage1899
to rough up1915
to treat 'em rough1918
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] > rough
rudea1375
savagea1393
rougha1398
roid?c1425
brutisha1513
brash1868
roughneck1906
to treat 'em rough1962
1918 W. H. Allen Stories of Americans in World War 162 The men in the tank service have chosen ‘Treat 'Em Rough’ as their slogan, and a huge black cat as the emblem and mascot. Any cat that looks black enough and fierce enough is apt to be kidnapped and adopted by some tank battalion.
1930 Amer. Speech 6 83 I never have the same girl twice; I take 'em young and treat 'em rough.
1962 Times 6 July 15/4 A treat-'em-rough warden of the old school.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > treat kindly [verb (transitive)]
treatc1440
kind?c1450
caress1682
c1440 Alphabet of Tales 128 Þe thrid confessur hard hym mekelie & spak frendlie vnto hym, & tretid hym.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xi. 72 He vil tret cheris and promes grit reches til ony of ȝou that vil adhere til hym.
1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. A2v To ponysche Vice, and treit virtew.
1581 R. Sempill Complaint vpon Fortoun (single sheet) Gif he did gud God wald he sould be tret.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 136 He mekle delyted in hunting..he trett mekle the seikeris of wylde beistes.
1622 (?a1513) W. Dunbar Poems (Reidpeth) (1998) I. 65 Hir for to treit thai sett thair haill ingyne.
9.
a. To entertain, esp. with food and drink; to show hospitality to; to regale, feast, esp. at one's own expense, by way of kindness or compliment, or spec. of bribery, as at an election (see treating n. 5).
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society > leisure > social event > hospitality > show hospitality to [verb (transitive)]
gestena1300
lodgec1325
cherishc1330
guestc1330
to give cheera1393
harbry14..
callc1430
uptakea1470
recueil1477
host1485
entertain1490
to set forth1526
harbour1534
retainc1540
treata1578
water1742
sport1826
have1868
hospitize1895
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > entertain with food
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rehetec1400
cheerc1425
table1457
treata1578
banquet1594
kitchena1616
junket1642
regale1656
collation1662
fete1812
sport1826
sock1842
blow1949
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. xx. 91 Schir patrick gray satt downe to his denner and the erle treatit him and maid him guid cheir.
1622 (?a1513) W. Dunbar Poems (Reidpeth) (1998) I. 176 Thairfoir strangeris and leigis treit, Tak not ouer mekill for thair meit.
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 108 At an Inn in this Village..is an host, who treates all the greate Persons in Princely lod<g>ings..but they pay well for it.
1682 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 162 The Morocco ambassadors attendants were treated yesterday by sir Thomas Boles, in Graies Inn.
1695 M. Prior Prol. in Westminster School 16 Our generous scenes are for pure love repeated, And if you are not pleas'd, at least you're treated.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 95. ⁋1 She had been searching her Closet for something very good to treat such an old Friend as I was.
1839 W. M. Thackeray Fatal Boots Feb. They gave me plenty of cakes and barley-sugar..I'd no need to spend my own money, for they would insist upon treating me.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxvi. 328 Rebecca..ordered a bottle of sherry and a bread cake..to treat the enemy's lawyers.
b. to treat (a person, etc.) †with or to: To entertain with (food or drink, or any enjoyment or gratification); also figurative (sometimes ironically).
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1568 in J. Small Poems W. Dunbar (1893) II. 308 Sa mony ar thair ladeis treitis With triumphand amowres balleitis, And dois thair bewteis pryiss so he.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 168 Some of the Caravan had been so treated with Aquavitæ, that being all dead asleep [etc.].
1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 161. ⁋3 The Squire..treats the whole Company..with a Hogshead of Ale.
1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses viii. 35 I treated the Lawyers, their Wives and Daughters, with Fiddles, Hautboys, Drums and Trumpets.
1735 S. Johnson tr. J. Lobo Voy. Abyssinia 134 He treated us with the most opprobrious Language.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond III. iii. 76 I treated her to the fiddles twice.
1897 ‘Tivoli’ Short Innings xiv Dick had treated himself to two ices and a strawberry squash.
c. absol. or intransitive. To give, or bear the expense of, a treat or entertainment; to stand treat.
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1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 12 Oct. (1948) I. 51 I dined to-day with Dr. Garth and Mr. Addison, at the Devil tavern, by Temple-bar, and Garth treated.
1720 M. Prior Prol. to ‘Orphan’ 6 Our generous scenes for friendship we repeat; And if we don't delight, at least we treat.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 96 The ladies treat with tea in their turns.
10. transitive. To deal with in the way of art (literary, pictorial, musical, etc.); to handle or represent artistically, esp. in a specified manner or style.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [verb (transitive)] > artistic treatment or style
handle1531
treat1695
1695 J. Dryden tr. R. de Piles in tr. C. A. Du Fresnoy De Arte Graphica 211 Zeuxis and Polignotus..treated their Subjects in their Pictures, as Homer did in his Poetry.
1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting II. iii. 78 Familiar subjects,..treated with great lustre and fullness of colouring.
1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art (1850) 318 The life of St. Stephen..has been treated in mural frescoes.
1889 Parry in Grove Dict. Music IV. 27/1 The choral part [of Beethoven's 9th Symphony]..treats the theme in the form of variations apportioned to the several verses of the poem.
11. To deal with in order to effect some particular result.
a. To deal with or operate upon (a disease or affection, a part of the body, or a person) in order to relieve or cure. Const. with a remedy or remedial process, for a disease, etc.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [verb (transitive)]
curea1398
dighta1400
doctor1738
to doctor up1741
treat1781
vet1900
1781 London Med. Jrnl. Mar. 150 The second class [of symptoms] are to be treated in the manner just now directed.
1781 London Med. Jrnl. June 427 Seven patients in this disorder treated with mercury.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 347/1 A new-born infant, instead of being treated with syrups, oils, etc., ought to be allowed to suck the mother's milk.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 352/1 Cutaneous eruptions have been successfully treated with electrization.
1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 327/2 The most adviseable method of treating the bite of a serpent.
1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxviii. 359 We were treating the woman for the pains I have..alluded to.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 10 If his eyes are to be cured, his head must be treated.
1912 Times 19 Oct. 8/2 Making the necessary allocation of the insured persons to the doctors who will treat them.
b. To subject to chemical or other physical action; to act upon with some agent.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > subject to chemical reactions or processes [verb (transitive)] > treat
treat1816
the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)] > subject to action or operation > subject to a process
medicatec1660
treat1816
process1881
service1948
1816 F. Accum Pract. Ess. Chem. Re-agents (1818) 66 To treat the mineral water with the re-agents.
1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. x. 329 Potato-starch when treated with sulphuric acid becomes sugar.
1903 Times 7 Mar. 7/5 These roads..should..be treated with a steam roller.
Derivatives
ˈtreated adj. in various senses of the verb.
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the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > subjected to a process
prepared1578
treated1710
processed1876
reprocessed1884
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 195. ⁋5 Three Times in Four the treated Persons have been Males.
1893 Outing 22 113/2 A glossy black substance,..which I concluded was highly treated asphaltum.
1897 Daily News 5 July 3/3 They were similar in all respects, except that one was made of ‘treated’ timber and the other of ordinary timber.
1905 Daily Chron. 10 Feb. 8/3 It is in shades that these treated metals are most effective.
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