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."

5. To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.

   "She was tempted to treat the whole affair as a joke."