deed

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Something that is carried out; an act or action.
2. n. A usually praiseworthy act; a feat or exploit.
3. n. Action or performance in general: Deeds, not words, matter most.
4. n. Law A document sealed as an instrument of bond, contract, or conveyance, especially relating to property.
5. v. To transfer by means of a deed: deeded the property to the children.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. That which is done, acted, performed, or accomplished; a doing; an act: a word of extensive application, including whatever is done, good or bad, great or small.
2. n. Power of action; agency; performance.
3. n. In law, a writing on parchment or paper, authenticated by the seal of the person whose mind it purports to declare; more specifically, such a writing made for the purpose of conveying real estate. See indenture, and deed poll, below.
4. To convey or transfer by deed: as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son.

Wiktionary

1. n. An action or act; something that is done.
2. n. A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.
3. n. Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.
4. n. law A legal contract showing bond.
5. v. informal To transfer real property by deed.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. obsolete Dead.
2. n. 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.
3. n. Illustrious act; achievement; exploit.
4. n. obsolete Power of action; agency; efficiency.
5. n. Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.
6. n. (Law) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract.
7. n. obsolete Performance; -- followed by of.
8. v. Colloq. U. S. To convey or transfer by deed.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
2. n. something that people do or cause to happen