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deed (dēd)

noun

  1. a thing done; act
  2. a feat of courage, skill, etc.
  3. action; actual performance honest in word and deed
  4. Law a document under seal which, when delivered, transfers a present interest in property

Etymology: ME dede < OE ded, dæd, akin to Ger tat, ODu dede, ON dath, Goth deds: for IE base see do

transitive verb

to transfer (property) by such a document
deed Idioms

in deed

in fact; really

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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