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ADJECTIVE (3)

1. subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent;
- Example: "the sludge of treated sewage can be used as fertilizer"
- Example: "treated timbers resist rot"
- Example: "treated fabrics resist wrinkling"

2. given medical care or treatment;
- Example: "a treated cold is usually gone in 14 days if left untreated it lasts two weeks";

3. made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment;
- Example: "a sword of tempered steel"
- Example: "tempered glass"
[syn: tempered, treated, hardened, toughened]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 4. To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To treat the peace, a hundred senators Shall be commissioned. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 6. To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to treat a substance with sulphuric acid. --Ure. [1913 Webster] 7. To entreat; to beseech. [Obs.] --Ld. Berners. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: given medical care or treatment; "a treated cold is usually gone in 14 days; if left untreated it lasts two weeks" [ant: untreated] 3: made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass" [syn: tempered, treated, hardened, toughened] [ant: unhardened, untempered]