behandle

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verb

To handle all about; take (up) in one's hands; care for; deal with; treat.

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Meanings

verbbehandle (third-person singular simple present behandles, present participle behandling, simple past and past participle behandled)

present singular third person behandles · participle present behandling · participle past behandled · past behandled

  1. transitiveTo handle all about; take (up) in one's hands; care for; deal with; treat.

    In England I know a household where, after the eight o'clock breakfast, it is usual to behandle one's skeins, find one's knitting, and continue the long even rounds of the stocking begun yesterday, or copy patiently the completed gusset in the sleeve of a spencer.

    1892, Ménie Muriel Dowie, Cairns Collection of American Women Writers, A girl in the Karpathians

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
treat

Origin

From be- + handle. Cognate with Saterland Frisian behondelje (“to handle, deal with, treat”), Dutch behandelen (“to handle, treat”), German behandeln (“to treat”), Norwegian behandle (“to treat”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with behandle

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Cite this entry
APA

behandle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/behandle

MLA

“behandle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/behandle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “behandle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/behandle.

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