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English Dictionary: deed	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for deed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deed n a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment" Synonym(s): deed, deed of conveyance, title something that people do or cause to happen Synonym(s): act, deed, human action, human activity
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deed \Deed\, a. Dead. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deed \Deed\, v. t. To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son. [Colloq. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deed \Deed\, n. [AS. d[?]d; akin to OS. d[be]d, D. & Dan. daad, G. thai, Sw. d[86]d, Goth. d[?]ds; fr. the root of do. See {Do}, v. t.] 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? --Gen. xliv. 15. We receive the due reward of our deeds. --Luke xxiii. 41. Would serve his kind in deed and word. --Tennyson. 2. Illustrious act; achievement; exploit. [bd]Knightly deeds.[b8] --Spenser. Whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn. --Dryden. 3. Power of action; agency; efficiency. [Obs.] To be, both will and deed, created free. --Milton. 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.] --Shak. {In deed}, in fact; in truth; verily. See {Indeed}.