Deed Definition

dēd

deeded, deeds

noun

deeds

A thing done; act.

Webster's New World

A feat of courage, skill, etc.

Webster's New World

A usually praiseworthy act; a feat or exploit.

American Heritage

Action; actual performance.

Honest in word and deed.

Webster's New World

A signed, sealed, and delivered instrument.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

verb

deeded, deeds

To convey (property) by such a document.

Webster's New World

To transfer by means of a deed.

Deeded the property to the children.

American Heritage

A written conveyance of an interest in real property.

Webster's New World Law

The act of granting a deed in property to another.

Webster's New World Law

(informal) To transfer real property by deed.

He deeded over the mineral rights to some fellas from Denver.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

adverb

(informal) Indeed.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Deed

Singular:

deed

Plural:

From Middle English dede, from Old English dēd, (West Saxon) dǣd (“deed, act”), from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz (“deed”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰēti- (“deed, action”), *dʰéh₁tis. Cognate with West Frisian died, Dutch daad (“deed, act”), Low German Daat, German Tat (“deed, action”), Swedish and Danish dåd (“act, action”). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek θέσις (thesis, “setting, arrangement”). Related to do.

From Wiktionary
Middle English dede from Old English dǣd dhē- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition