Deed

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including, whatever is done, good or bad, great or small. And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done Gen. xliv. 15. We receive the due reward of our deeds. Luke xxiii. 41. Would serve his kind in deed and word. Tennyson.

2. Illustrious act; achievement; exploit. "Knightly deeds." Spenser. Whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn. Dryden.

3. Power of action; agency; efficiency. [Obs.] To be, both will and deed, created free. Milton.

4. Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.

5. A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract.

6. Performance; -- followed by of. [Obs.] Shak. In deed, in fact; in truth; verily. See Indeed.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son. [Colloq. U. S.]

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Dead. [Obs.] Chaucer.