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noun

Deed n.

1.

That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; a word of extensive application, including, whatever is done, good or bad, great or small. "And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done?" "We receive the due reward of our deeds." "Would serve his kind in deed and word."

2.

Illustrious act; achievement; exploit. "Knightly deeds." "Whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn."

3.

Power of action; agency; efficiency. (Obs.) "To be, both will and deed, created free."

4.

Fact; reality; whence we have indeed.

5.

(Law) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract. Note: The term is generally applied to conveyances of real estate, and it is the prevailing doctrine that a deed must be signed as well as sealed, though at common law signing was formerly not necessary.

Blank deed, a printed form containing the customary legal phraseology, with blank spaces for writing in names, dates, boundaries, etc.

6.

Performance; followed by of. (Obs.)

In deed, in fact; in truth; verily. See Indeed.

verb

Deed v. t. To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son. (Colloq. U. S.)

adjective

Deed adj. Dead. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Deed'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Deed" Quotes from Famous Books

... the old man. 'Murder me if ye will. The deed is worthy of Holy Presbyters. I have spoken and my mind ...

— Colonel Quaritch, V.C. - A Tale of Country Life • H. Rider Haggard

... bought an extry pair of sea-boots, Yarmouth-made, off some Stores on the Barbican, an' handed 'em over to Billy to pickle in some sort o' grease that's a secret of his own to make the leather supple an' keep it from perishin'. He've gone down to fetch 'em; an' there's no Sabbath-breakin' in a deed like that, when a man's ...

— Nicky-Nan, Reservist • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (Q)

... opening wider and wider, stared rigid and glittering at the empty wall. Step by step she stole nearer and nearer to Geoffrey, still following some visionary Thing, which was stealing nearer and nearer, too. He asked himself what it meant. Was the terror of the deed that he was about to do more than the woman's brain could bear? Would she burst out screaming, ...

— Man and Wife • Wilkie Collins

... peasant's honesty. The soil has not only an integrant and actual value, it has also a potential value,—a value of the future,—which depends on our ability to make it valuable, and to employ it in our work. Destroy a bill of exchange, a promissory note, an annuity deed,—as a paper you destroy almost no value at all; but with this paper you destroy your title, and, in losing your title, you deprive yourself of your goods. Destroy the land, or, what is the same thing, sell it,—you not only transfer one, two, or several crops, but you annihilate all the products ...

— What is Property? - An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government • P. J. Proudhon

... method, Socrates. When I see a man intent on carefulness, I praise and do my best to honour him. When, on the other hand, I see a man neglectful of his duties, I do not spare him: I try in every way, by word and deed, to ...

— The Economist • Xenophon

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