treated

verb

1. To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
2. To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.“Cicero's writing treats mainly of old age and personal duty.”
3. To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.“The article treated feminism as a quintessentially modern movement.”
4. To entreat or beseech (someone).“Only let my family live, I treat thee.”