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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Deed \Deed\ (d[=e]d), adjective Dead. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Deed \Deed\, noun [AS. d[=ae]d; akin to OS. d[=a]d, D. & Dan. daad, G. that, Sw. d[*a]d, Goth. d[=e]ds; fr. the root of do. See {Do}, verb (used with an object)]
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Deed \Deed\, verb (used with an object) To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son. [Colloq. U. S.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
deed
noun
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
125 Moby Thesaurus words for "deed": abalienate, accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, act, acta, action, adventure, agreement, alien, alienate, amortize, aristeia, arrangement, assign, bargain, barter, bequeath, blow, bold stroke, bond, cause, cede, charter, compact, confer, consign, contract, contract by deed, contract of record, contract quasi, convey, conveyance, coup, covenant, covenant of indemnity, crusade, dealings, debenture, debenture bond, deed of trust, deed over, deed poll, deliver, demise, devolve upon, document, doing, doings, effort, endeavor, enfeoff, enterprise, exchange, exploit, fait accompli, feat, formal contract, gaining, gest, give, give title to, go, group policy, hand, hand down, hand on, hand over, handiwork, heroic act, implied contract, indent, indenture, instrument, insurance policy, job, make over, maneuver, measure, mortgage deed, move, negotiate, operation, overt act, pact, parol contract, pass, pass on, pass over, passage, performance, policy, proceeding, production, promissory note, quest, recognizance, remise, res gestae, sell, settle, settle on, sign away, sign over, special contract, specialty, specialty contract, step, stroke, stunt, surrender, thing, thing done, title deed, tour de force, trade, transaction, transfer, transmit, turn, turn over, undertaking, winning, work, works
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