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Literary notes about treat (AI summary)

The word "treat" appears in literature with a remarkable variety of nuances. It can indicate the act of bestowing respect or kindness, as when characters are urged to treat others with proper regard or fairness [1, 2, 3]. At times, it assumes a more lighthearted meaning—referring to a pleasurable indulgence or surprise that delights the senses [4, 5, 6]. In other contexts the term is employed in a literal, often medical sense, signifying the act of remedying or curing ailments [7, 8]. Additionally, authors extend its metaphorical reach to cover diplomatic and practical dealings, as seen in negotiations or when discussing the systematic exposition of facts [9, 10, 11]. Thus, across diverse genres, "treat" functions both as a reflection of human interaction and as a descriptor of tangible, everyday actions.
  1. Algy, you young scoundrel, you will have to treat me with more respect in the future.
    — from The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by Oscar Wilde
  2. I treat you without ceremony, Mr. Knightley.
    — from Emma by Jane Austen
  3. But I cannot treat her as if nothing has happened.
    — from Howards End by E. M. Forster
  4. I’m bringing you a big piece of cake for your Sunday treat to-morrow.’
    — from The Red Fairy Book
  5. To-morrow morning you shall have a real treat.
    — from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
  6. Don't try and deprive me of the pleasure of giving you a treat!"
    — from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
  7. Malapoko , Tag. Uses .—The entire plant reduced to a pulp and mixed with milk is used in India to treat dysentery.
    — from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
  8. The Filipinos use it to treat burns and sores.
    — from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
  9. They compelled the world to look on them as mad dogs, and to treat them as mad dogs.
    — from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
  10. To treat this subject properly, a long catalogue of dry facts ought to be given; but these I shall reserve for a future work.
    — from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin
  11. We will assign a reason for this when we come to treat of the alterations which different states are likely to undergo.
    — from Politics: A Treatise on Government by Aristotle

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