deed

Meanings

Noun

• An action or act; something that is done.
• A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.
• Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.
• A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before witnesses.

Verb

• To transfer real property by deed.

Related

Similar words

• document, certificate, instrument

Origin

• From Middle English dede, from Old English dēd, dǣd, from Proto-West Germanic *dādi, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tis. Analyzable through Proto-Germanic as do + -th. thesis.
• Cognate with West Frisian died, Dutch daad ("deed, act"), German Low German Daad, German Tat, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish dåd. The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek θέσις.