Deed

[diːd] or [did]

Definition

(noun.) a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; 'he signed the deed'; 'he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment'.

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Definition

(a.) Dead.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) Illustrious act; achievement; exploit.

(v. t.) Power of action; agency; efficiency.

(v. t.) Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.

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

(v. t.) Performance; -- followed by of.

(v. t.) To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Act, action, performance, exploit, achievement, feat.[2]. Reality, fact, truth.[3]. (Law.) Indenture.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Act, action, commission, achievement, perpetration, instrument, document,muniment, exploit, feat

ANT:Omission, failure, abortion, false-witness, innocence, cancelling, disproof,invalidation, retractation, impossibility, nonperformance, recall, reversion,undoing

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Definition

n. something done: an act: an exploit: a legal transaction: the written evidence of it.—adj. Deed′ful (Tenn.) marked by deeds or exploits.—adv. Deed′ily.—adjs. Deed′less (Shak.) not having performed deeds; Deed′y industrious active.—Deed of saying (Shak.) performance of what has been said or promised.—In deed in reality.

a Scotch form of indeed.

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Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of seeing or signing deeds, portends a law suit, to gain which you should be careful in selecting your counsel, as you are likely to be the loser. To dream of signing any kind of a paper, is a bad omen for the dreamer. See Mortgage.

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