To act or behave in a specified manner toward, To deal with in writing or speech; discuss, To subject to a process, action, or change, especially to a chemical or physical process or application, transitive verb_ To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward, To entertain with food or drink, especially the latter, as a compliment, or as an expression of friendship or regard, To subject to some action; to apply something to, noun_ A plaster or a salve made of wax, lard, etc., spread on cloth; a cerate, Something given as an entertainment; something paid for in compliment to another, An entertainment given as an expression of regard