Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Deed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Deed \Deed\, a.
Dead. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Deed \Deed\, n. [AS. d?d; akin to OS. d[=a]d, D. & Dan. daad, G.
thai, Sw. d[*a]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. ``Knightly deeds.''
--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}.

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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

deed
n 1: a notable achievement: "he performed a great deed"; "the
book was her finest effort" [syn: {feat}, {effort}, {exploit}]
2: 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" [syn: {deed of
conveyance}, {title}]


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