Deed /(dēd)/

Deed

a.
  1. Dead. [Obs.]

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?
    — Gen. xliv. 15.
    We receive the due reward of our deeds.
    — Luke xxiii. 41.
    Would serve his kind in deed and word.
  2. Illustrious act; achievement; exploit.
    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. A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract. (Law)
  6. Performance; -- followed by of. [Obs.]

Phrases & Compounds

Blank deed
a printed form containing the customary legal phraseology, with blank spaces for writing in names, dates, boundaries, etc.
In deed
in fact; in truth; verily. See Indeed.

Deed

v. t.
  1. To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son. [Colloq. U. S.]