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deed

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What does deed mean?

noun

  1. An action or act; something that is done.
  2. A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.
  3. Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.
More meanings (4)

noun

  1. A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before a witness; sometimes required for certain legal activities, such as the transfer of certain kinds of property.
  2. The legal title to real estate; ownership.

verb

  1. (informal) To transfer real property by deed.

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/did/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Long before this time Weatherbury had been thoroughly aroused, and the wild deed which had terminated Boldwood’s merrymaking became known to all.
Thomas HardyFar from the Madding CrowdProject Gutenberg ebook #27
O such a deed As from the body of contraction plucks The very soul, and sweet religion makes A rhapsody of words.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
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Meilhan stuck pretty firmly to his story that it was to deceive his son that he had fabricated the deed of annuity.
Victor MacClureShe Stands AccusedProject Gutenberg ebook #488
And now, a terrible deed was done in England, the like of which was never done on English ground before or since.
Charles DickensA Child's History of EnglandProject Gutenberg ebook #699
With what convulsion must his mind, in semi-darkness and ruin, have received the news of the still greater deed at Bunker Hill?
John Clark Ridpath; G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer) Adam; Charles K. (Charles Keyser) EdmundsJames Otis, the Pre-RevolutionistProject Gutenberg ebook #722