Serve
Treat
Treat verb - To behave toward in a stated way.
Usage example: she tries to treat all of her students fairly and equally, regardless of her personal feelings toward them
Serve is a synonym for treat in act topic. Sometimes you can use "Serve" instead a verb "Treat", if it concerns topics such as trade, behave towards.
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Both words in one sentence
- He is not Chosen, because he doesn't have the mental capacity to serve as a Herald, but the Companions like him and generally treat him as a Herald in every other way.
Source: Literature / Heralds of Valdemar - After such visions, the boy would always treat his vision animal with great respect and it is believed that his animal could communicate with him and serve as his adviser.
Source: Bond Creatures - Not because that they don't trust them, but because they really don't respect normal humans, and they treat the ones that serve them little better.
Source: Literature / Word Bearers
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