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treat

Main Entry:: ¹treat
Function:: transitive verb
Language:: English

1 deal with : tratar (un asunto) <the article treats of poverty : el artículo trata de la pobreza> 2 handle : tratar (a una persona), manejar (un objeto) <to treat something as a joke : tomar(se) algo a broma> 3 invite : invitar, convidar <he treated me to a meal : me invitó a comer> 4 : tratar, atender (en medicina) 5 process : tratar <to treat sewage : tratar las aguas negras>

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