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English
Etymology
From Middle English dede, from Old English dēd, dǣd (“deed, act”), from Proto-West Germanic *dādi, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz (“deed”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis (“deed, action”). Analyzable through Proto-Germanic as do + -th. Doublet of thesis.
The real estate sense derives from the fact that property deeds are traditionally used to demonstrate proof of ownership of a legal title in common law jurisdictions, such as England & Wales and most of the United States.
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian died, Dutch daad (“deed, act”), German Low German Daad, German Tat (“deed, action”), Swedish, Norwegian and Danish dåd (“act, action”). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis, “setting, arrangement”).
Pronunciation
Noun
deed (plural deeds)
- An action or act; something that is done.
- One small deed can have one stour effect or more.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Genesis 44:15:
- And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done?
- A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 4:
- They should accomplish both a knightly deed,
- 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. , London: Henry Herringman, , →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):
- whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn
- Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.
- I have fulfilled my promise in word and in deed.
- (law) 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.
- (by extension, real estate) The legal title to real estate; ownership.
- I inherited the deed to the house.
- (by extension, real estate) The legal title to real estate; ownership.
Synonyms
- (action): act, action; see also Thesaurus:action
Derived terms
- a good deed is its own reward
- almsdeed
- bond for deed
- counterdeed
- deeder
- deedful
- deedholder
- deedholding
- deedless
- deedly
- deed of appointment
- deed of assumption
- deed of retirement
- deed of trust
- deed poll
- deedwork
- deedworthy
- deedy
- do the deed
- estoppel by deed
- fordede
- indeed
- in very deed
- misdeed
- mortgage deed
- no good deed ever goes unpunished
- no good deed goes unpunished
- overdede
- propaganda by the deed
- propaganda of the deed
- quit claim deed
- quitclaim deed
- redeed
- special warranty deed
- time the deed to the need
- title deed
- trust deed
Translations
action
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brave or noteworthy action, feat or exploit
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legal instrument
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Verb
deed (third-person singular simple present deeds, present participle deeding, simple past and past participle deeded)
- (real estate, informal) To transfer real property by deed.
- He deeded over the mineral rights to some fellas from Denver.
Derived terms
Translations
to transfer real property by deed
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Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
deed
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
deed
- dead (no longer alive)
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Joon 5:21, page 47r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- foꝛ as þe fadir reiſiþ deed men ⁊ quykeneþ .· ſo þe ſone quykeneþ whom he wole
- Just like the father raises the dead and revives them, the son revives who he wants.
- inert, inactive.
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, James 2:28, page 110r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- foꝛ as þe bodi wiþout þe ſpirit is deed .· ſo alſo feiþ wiþout werkis is deed
- Just like the body without a soul is dead, faith without works is dead as well.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “dēd, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Scots
Verb
deed
- past participle of dee
- (Southern Scots) past participle of dei
Adverb
deed
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud.
Pronunciation
Adjective
deed
- dead[1]
- 1927, “LAMENT OF A WIDOW”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 130, lines 4[2]:
- Ochone! Jone, thee yart deed.
- Ochone, John, you are dead.
Related terms
References
- ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 33
- ^ Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland