Treated

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in
        writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.
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     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.
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     4. To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for. [Obs.]
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              To treat the peace, a hundred senators
              Shall be commissioned.                --Dryden.
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     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.
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     6. To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to
        treat a substance with sulphuric acid. --Ure.
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     7. To entreat; to beseech. [Obs.] --Ld. Berners.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]