Sentence:  One would need to test this proposition carefully ; after all , the large ( and probably unreliable ) Reader 's Digest literature on the `` most unforgettable character I ever met '' <WSD>deals</WSD> with village grocers , country doctors , favorite if illiterate aunts , and so forth . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression