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Webster 1913 Edition


Treatment

Treat′ment

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
traitement
. See
Treat
.]
1.
The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage;
as, unkind
treatment
; medical
treatment
.
2.
Entertainment; treat.
[Obs.]
Accept such
treatment
as a swain affords.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition


Treatment

TRE'ATMENT

,
Noun.
Management; manipulation; manner of mixing or combining, of decomposing and the like; as the treatment of substances in chimical experiments.
1.
Usage; manner of using; good of bad behavior towards.
Accept such treatment as a swain affords.
2.
Manner of applying remedies to cure; mode or course pursued to check and destroy; as the treatment of a disease.
3.
Manner of applying remedies to; as the treatment of a patient.