deedn.

Brit.

/diːd/, U.S.

/did/

Forms: Old English West Saxon dǽd, Anglian déd; Middle English dæd, Middle English ded, Middle English–1500s dede, (Middle English dead, dade, Middle English dide, Middle English–1600s deid(e, Middle English deyd(e), Middle English–1600s deede, (1500s deade), Middle English– deed.

Etymology: Old English dǽd , déd = Old Frisian déde , Old Saxon dâd (Middle Dutch daet (dâde ), Dutch daad ), Old High German, Middle High German tât (German that , tat ), Old Norse dáð (Swedish dåd , Danish daad ), Gothic dêds < Old Germanic *dæ̂di-z < *dhēˈtis , < verb root ˌdhēdhō , Old Germanic ˌdæ̂dô : see do v. The second d from original t , is in accordance with Verner's Law: compare dead adj.The early Middle English was dede, from the Old English accusative dǽde, déde. The Old English plural dǽda, déda, regularly became dede in 12–13th cent. But this was identical with the singular, whence, for distinction, new plurals came into use after other Old English types, viz. deden in the south, dedes in the midlands and north; the former was still used c1320 ( Castel of Loue), but, as in other words, the -s form (found c1200 in Ormulum and Trin. Coll. Hom.) eventually prevailed.

a. That which is done, acted, or performed by an intelligent or responsible agent; an act.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > an act or deed

deedc825

i-wurhtc888

workOE

casec1325

acta1393

actiona1393

operationc1395

featc1420

exploitc1425

commissionc1475

factc1487

practice1547

part1561

practisement1581

issuea1616

performancea1616

performenta1641

factum1641

coup1791

stunt1904

c825 Vesp. Psalter lxiii. 10 [lxiv. 9] And ondreord oghwelc mon, & segdun werc godes, & dede his ongetun.

971 Blickl. Hom. 23 We sceolon..þæt ondgit mid gédum dædum gefyllan.

1154 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1137 §5 Þe land was al fordon mid suilce dædes.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 9 Hit is riht þat we forleten and forsaken nihtliche deden.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 15 To done þe six dede.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 131 Godes paðes ben ure gode dedes.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3501 His deden [c1300 Otho deades] weoren for-cuðe.

c1320 Cast. Love 938 Bi-hold now..his deden hou heo beoþ diht.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2983 Quane ðe king wurð war ðis dead.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2498 Our gud dedis pur gud er noght.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1085 Quen caym had don þat dreri dide [Fairf., Gött., Trin. Cambr. dede], Til his fader hamward he ȝeide.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 115 Dede, or werke, factum.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 278 He had done mony thankfull deid.

1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 2 §4 The seid Warrant is not the dede of hym that is named to be the maker of the seid Warrant.

1570 Sc. Satir. Poems Reform. xviii. 5 O cursit hour! O deid of fellonie!

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. ii. 207 They that haue done this Deede, are honourable.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 256 And one bad act with many deeds well done Mayst cover.

1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1887) ix. 37 What are noble deeds but noble truths realized?

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 52 Their deeds did not agree with their words.

b. An act of bravery, skill, etc.; a feat; esp. in deed of arms, and the like.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > valour > deed of valour > [noun]

deedOE

jeopardya1300

prowessc1300

gestsa1340

jesta1400

facta1525

OE Beowulf 2838 Þeah ðe he dæda gehwæs dyrstig wære.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 163 By playtinge me ne proueþ naȝt þet he by guod knyȝt ac be moche dede of armes.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 18 Ye dedys Of stalwart folk yat lywyt ar.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 262 Desiryng nothing so much as to haue deedes of Armes.

1570 Sc. Satir. Poems Reform. x. 60 Ȝit we his hart with Martiall deidis dotit.

1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 clxxvi. 45 Thousands..Whose deeds some nobler Poem shall adorn.

1869 Ld. Tennyson Coming of Arthur 46 And Arthur yet had done no deed of arms.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 357 Deeds of such high glory Scamander's river avoucheth.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 609 Many great and wonderful deeds are recorded of your State.

†c. Deeds of the Apostles: the Acts of the Apostles. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > New Testament > Acts of the Apostles > [noun]

Deeds of the Apostlesc1380

apostlea1400

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 195 Peter saiþ in dedis of apostlis..þat to him neiþer was gold ne siluer.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Acts (title) Heere begynnen the Apostles Dedes.

1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay sig. Evi In ye xx c. of the dedis of the Apostli.

a. (without a or plural) Action generally; doing, performance. (Often contrasted with word.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > [noun]

workingOE

deedc1000

makinglOE

gestsa1340

doing1372

makea1400

workmanshipc1400

faction1447

action1483

performancec1487

performation1504

performent1527

fact1548

practice1553

agitation1573

practisy1573

function1578

affair1598

acture1609

perpetrationa1631

employing1707

c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) xix. 122 Deponentia verba significant actvm þa alecgendlican word getacnjað dæde.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 187 Þe man þe nis stedefast ne on dade ne on speche ne on þonke.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 501 Ower dede ne may be no wors, than ower word is.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋282 Þanne wol I sle him with my hond in dede of synne.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3402 His suns dughti ware o dede.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. i. 1 At the begynnyng of oure dede Make we heuen and erth.

c1500 Melusine (1895) 371 In som cas the good wylle of a man is accepted for the dede.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 549 To be both will and deed created free.

1871 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera I. ii. 5 The strength of Hercules is for deed not misdeed.

b. collective. Doings; ado, to-do. dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > [noun] > proceedings or doings

workingOE

workOE

doingsa1387

practica1475

gearc1475

proceeding1524

practice1547

activity1570

courses1592

acting1596

motion1667

ongoings1673

energies1747

deed1788

movement1803

1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 325 Deed, doings: ‘whent deed’; great to-do.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Deed, doings. ‘There's sad deed, I'll uphodto.’

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 44 ‘Here's bonny deed!’ great to do..‘Great deed about nought’, large stir about trifles.

1867 E. Waugh Home Life Factory Folk xvi. 145 (Lanc. Dial.) ‘Aw consider we'n had as hard deed as anybody livin.’

†3. Thing to be done, work (in contemplation); the task or duty of any time or person. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > [noun] > a duty or moral necessity

needOE

deedc1400

necessitya1500

office1534

work (also duty) of necessitya1602

incumbency?1608

remorsea1616

incumbence1684

call1704

commitment1837

calling1857

geis1965

society > occupation and work > duties > [noun] > a duty or piece of business

affairc1390

deedc1400

business1476

occasion1587

pensum1667

job1680

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 354 On to þrenge þer-þurȝe [a city] watz þre dayes dede.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. viii. 74 To dyke and delf, bere and draw, And to do all vnhonest deyde.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 274 Sone he dressit to his dede & no dyn made, And made vp a mekyll ship.

1580 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 812 You shall..set the poor distressed City of Syracusa again on foot, which is your deed.

4. Law. An instrument in writing (which for this purpose includes printing or other legible representation of words on parchment or paper), purporting to effect some legal disposition, and sealed and delivered by the disposing party or parties.Signature to a deed is not generally required by English law, but is practically universal; and in most jurisdictions outside England where English law or legal forms prevail, signature has been substituted for or made equivalent to sealing. Delivery (delivery n. 1b) is now a moribund formality. Contracts of most kinds, as well as dispositions of property inter vivos, may be made by deed, and in common practice are often so made.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal document > types of legal or official document > [noun] > deed

deedc1300

bill1548

fait1562

sanad1743

c1300 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 69 Edward..suore..to me..his heyre suld I be. Þerof he mad me skrite..& for to sikere his dede, set þer to his seale.

c1300 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 259 Bituex him & þe was mad a priue dede..Forto feffe him ageyn in þat tenement.

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ii. 81 In þe Date of þe deuel þe Deede was a-selet, Be siht of sir Symoni and Notaries signes.

1435 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 358 For ye exchaunge of Heyberd Stener be a ded undder ye seel of his armes.

a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. B4^v And write a deede of gift with thine owne blood.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. ii. 1 Enquire the Iewes house out, giue him this deed, and let him signe it.

1613 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 162 As I and the said Edmond longe agoe did give vnto her by a jointe deede of guift.

1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. ii. §130. 58 A writing cannot be said a deed, if it be not sealed.

1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 295 A deed is a writing sealed and delivered by the parties..it is called a deed..because it is the most solemn and authentic act that a man can possibly perform, with relation to the disposal of his property.

1845 J. Williams Princ. Law Real Prop. i. vii. 114 A deed, or a writing sealed and delivered, still imports a consideration.

1893 Sir J. W. Chitty in Law Times Rep. 68 430/1 The statute..requires a deed in cases where formerly a mere writing would have sufficed.

5. Phrases.

†a. with the deed: in the act. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > in action [phrase] > in the act

with the deedc1450

in the act (of)1555

to catch a person in the fact1712

in (occasionally the) hock1859

c1450 Erle Tolous 522 Of myrthe schalt thou not mys; Thou schalt take us wyth the dede.

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xx. ii And it be sothe as ye saye I wold he were taken with the dede.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxxiii. 156 The Adulterer being found with the deed.

b. in deed: in action, in actual practice.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > in action [phrase] > in actual practice

in deedc1385

in practice1537

in actu1548

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Ariadne. 2138 And every poynt was performed in dede.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 13830 Þe lif þat he ledeþ in dede Hit is aȝeyn oure lede.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) i. 2 I am redy to fulfille alle in dede þat þou wolt sey vnto me.

1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 29 I trust that not onely all men will commende justice in worde, but also will live justly in deede.

1613 H. Finch Law (1636) 202 Offering to beat one, though he doe not beat one in deed.

1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. vii. 150 Graven images..set up in deed or in word.

c. in deed, in very deed, †of very deed (Sc.): in fact, in effect, in reality, in truth: hence indeed adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb]

mid or with (‥) soothc888

soothfastlya890

soothfastc950

rightOE

yeaOE

soothlyOE

soothOE

trulyc1225

soothrightc1275

purec1300

verament1303

verily1303

purelyc1325

verimentc1325

indeedc1330

veirec1330

soothfully1340

faithlyc1350

of very (due) right?a1366

leallya1375

amenc1384

in soothnessc1386

verya1387

in certaina1400

truea1400

without(en) wougha1400

in veirec1400

in deedc1405

without famec1430

in veramentc1450

utterlyc1460

veritably1481

veritable1490

voirably1501

seriously1644

quite1736

quite1881

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 659 But wel I woot he lyed right in dede.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. vi. 18 For thinkest thou that God in very dede dwelleth amonge men vpon earth?

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xv. 97 Thai ar my mortal enemes of verray deid.

1581 W. Fulke in A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion (1584) iii. sig. S iij They eate not the body of Christ in deede.

1615 W. Bedwell tr. Mohammedis Imposturæ iii. §97 They are in very deed holy bookes.

1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) App. iii. 458 Making all principles be treated in very deed as the counters wherewith the game of faction was to be played.

1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. xiv. 319 The chiefs became the chiefs, in ‘deed’ as well as in name.

†d. Scots Law. by way of deed: by violence. Cf. by way of feat at feat n. 1b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [phrase] > by violence or force

strong handOE

by forcec1320

through, with, of forcec1320

by or with strifec1330

by way of feat1362

by (also with, by) fine forcea1375

by mighta1425

by force and armsa1481

by way of deed1535

by (the) head and shoulders1571

by (the) head and ears1590

sting and ling1816

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 141 The tother part with haill power and mycht, Without ressone agane he wald persew, Be way of deid his richtis till reskew.

1564 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 275 In caise ather of the saidis partiis.., sall happin to be hurt, harmit, invadit, or persewit be utheris be way of deid.

c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 38 That na injure be done to any subject be way of deid.

Compounds

C1. General attributive. Also deedbote n., deed poll n.

† deed-doer n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xx^v Thei would be lokers on and no dede doers.

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 356 Bot the deid doer..wes fled.

† deed-doing n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 70 Þe dede doynge is proff of loue, as gregory seiþ.

1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 456 One of his horse-keepers..taking him at the deed doing..bestowed so many blowes on him..that he left him halfe dead.

deed-achieving adj.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 170 By deed-atchieuing Honor newly nam'd.

deed-worthy adj.

ΚΠ

1865 J. Grote Treat. Moral Ideals (1876) viii. 103 Deedworthy conduct, or the faciendum.

C2.

deed-box n. a box, usually of tin-plate, for keeping deeds or other documents in.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun] > for other specific contents

smoke-box1614

scale-box1708

glass-case1734

deed-box1834

livebox1834

pipe box1834

rose box1863

specimen-box1897

Bible-box1904

message box1976

1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful III. ii. 35 Taking with him the tin-box, (it was what they call a deed box).

1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xiv. 85 It is advisable to keep your own securities in your own deed-box at home.

deed-offering n. Coverdale's word in some instances for the ‘peace-offering’ of the 1611 version.

ΚΠ

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. vi. 17 And Dauid offred burnt offerynges and deed offerynges before ye Lorde.

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单词	deed
释义	deedn. Brit. /diːd/, U.S. /did/ Forms: Old English West Saxon dǽd, Anglian déd; Middle English dæd, Middle English ded, Middle English–1500s dede, (Middle English dead, dade, Middle English dide, Middle English–1600s deid(e, Middle English deyd(e), Middle English–1600s deede, (1500s deade), Middle English– deed. Etymology: Old English dǽd , déd = Old Frisian déde , Old Saxon dâd (Middle Dutch daet (dâde ), Dutch daad ), Old High German, Middle High German tât (German that , tat ), Old Norse dáð (Swedish dåd , Danish daad ), Gothic dêds < Old Germanic dæ̂di-z < dhēˈtis , < verb root ˌdhēdhō , Old Germanic ˌdæ̂dô : see do v. The second d from original t , is in accordance with Verner's Law: compare dead adj.The early Middle English was dede, from the Old English accusative dǽde, déde. The Old English plural dǽda, déda, regularly became dede in 12–13th cent. But this was identical with the singular, whence, for distinction, new plurals came into use after other Old English types, viz. deden in the south, dedes in the midlands and north; the former was still used c1320 ( Castel of Loue), but, as in other words, the -s form (found c1200 in Ormulum and Trin. Coll. Hom.) eventually prevailed. 1. a. That which is done, acted, or performed by an intelligent or responsible agent; an act. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > an act or deed deedc825 i-wurhtc888 workOE casec1325 acta1393 actiona1393 operationc1395 featc1420 exploitc1425 commissionc1475 factc1487 practice1547 part1561 practisement1581 issuea1616 performancea1616 performenta1641 factum1641 coup1791 stunt1904 c825 Vesp. Psalter lxiii. 10 [lxiv. 9] And ondreord oghwelc mon, & segdun werc godes, & dede his ongetun. 971 Blickl. Hom. 23 We sceolon..þæt ondgit mid gédum dædum gefyllan. 1154 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1137 §5 Þe land was al fordon mid suilce dædes. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 9 Hit is riht þat we forleten and forsaken nihtliche deden. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 15 To done þe six dede. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 131 Godes paðes ben ure gode dedes. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3501 His deden [c1300 Otho deades] weoren for-cuðe. c1320 Cast. Love 938 Bi-hold now..his deden hou heo beoþ diht. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2983 Quane ðe king wurð war ðis dead. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2498 Our gud dedis pur gud er noght. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1085 Quen caym had don þat dreri dide [Fairf., Gött., Trin. Cambr. dede], Til his fader hamward he ȝeide. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 115 Dede, or werke, factum. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 278 He had done mony thankfull deid. 1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 2 §4 The seid Warrant is not the dede of hym that is named to be the maker of the seid Warrant. 1570 Sc. Satir. Poems Reform. xviii. 5 O cursit hour! O deid of fellonie! a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. ii. 207 They that haue done this Deede, are honourable. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 256 And one bad act with many deeds well done Mayst cover. View more context for this quotation 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1887) ix. 37 What are noble deeds but noble truths realized? 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 52 Their deeds did not agree with their words. b. An act of bravery, skill, etc.; a feat; esp. in deed of arms, and the like. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > valour > deed of valour > [noun] deedOE jeopardya1300 prowessc1300 gestsa1340 jesta1400 facta1525 OE Beowulf 2838 Þeah ðe he dæda gehwæs dyrstig wære. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 163 By playtinge me ne proueþ naȝt þet he by guod knyȝt ac be moche dede of armes. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 18 Ye dedys Of stalwart folk yat lywyt ar. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 262 Desiryng nothing so much as to haue deedes of Armes. 1570 Sc. Satir. Poems Reform. x. 60 Ȝit we his hart with Martiall deidis dotit. 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 clxxvi. 45 Thousands..Whose deeds some nobler Poem shall adorn. 1869 Ld. Tennyson Coming of Arthur 46 And Arthur yet had done no deed of arms. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 357 Deeds of such high glory Scamander's river avoucheth. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 609 Many great and wonderful deeds are recorded of your State. †c. Deeds of the Apostles: the Acts of the Apostles. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Testament > New Testament > Acts of the Apostles > [noun] Deeds of the Apostlesc1380 apostlea1400 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 195 Peter saiþ in dedis of apostlis..þat to him neiþer was gold ne siluer. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Acts (title) Heere begynnen the Apostles Dedes. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay sig. Evi In ye xx c. of the dedis of the Apostli. 2. a. (without a or plural) Action generally; doing, performance. (Often contrasted with word.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] workingOE deedc1000 makinglOE gestsa1340 doing1372 makea1400 workmanshipc1400 faction1447 action1483 performancec1487 performation1504 performent1527 fact1548 practice1553 agitation1573 practisy1573 function1578 affair1598 acture1609 perpetrationa1631 employing1707 c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) xix. 122 Deponentia verba significant actvm þa alecgendlican word getacnjað dæde. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 187 Þe man þe nis stedefast ne on dade ne on speche ne on þonke. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 501 Ower dede ne may be no wors, than ower word is. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋282 Þanne wol I sle him with my hond in dede of synne. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3402 His suns dughti ware o dede. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. i. 1 At the begynnyng of oure dede Make we heuen and erth. c1500 Melusine (1895) 371 In som cas the good wylle of a man is accepted for the dede. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 549 To be both will and deed created free. View more context for this quotation 1871 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera I. ii. 5 The strength of Hercules is for deed not misdeed. b. collective. Doings; ado, to-do. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > [noun] > proceedings or doings workingOE workOE workOE doingsa1387 practica1475 gearc1475 proceeding1524 practice1547 activity1570 courses1592 acting1596 motion1667 ongoings1673 energies1747 deed1788 movement1803 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 325 Deed, doings: ‘whent deed’; great to-do. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Deed, doings. ‘There's sad deed, I'll uphodto.’ 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 44 ‘Here's bonny deed!’ great to do..‘Great deed about nought’, large stir about trifles. 1867 E. Waugh Home Life Factory Folk xvi. 145 (Lanc. Dial.) ‘Aw consider we'n had as hard deed as anybody livin.’ †3. Thing to be done, work (in contemplation); the task or duty of any time or person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > [noun] > a duty or moral necessity needOE deedc1400 necessitya1500 office1534 work (also duty) of necessitya1602 incumbency?1608 remorsea1616 incumbence1684 call1704 commitment1837 calling1857 geis1965 society > occupation and work > duties > [noun] > a duty or piece of business affairc1390 deedc1400 business1476 occasion1587 pensum1667 job1680 c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 354 On to þrenge þer-þurȝe [a city] watz þre dayes dede. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. viii. 74 To dyke and delf, bere and draw, And to do all vnhonest deyde. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 274 Sone he dressit to his dede & no dyn made, And made vp a mekyll ship. 1580 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 812 You shall..set the poor distressed City of Syracusa again on foot, which is your deed. 4. Law. An instrument in writing (which for this purpose includes printing or other legible representation of words on parchment or paper), purporting to effect some legal disposition, and sealed and delivered by the disposing party or parties.Signature to a deed is not generally required by English law, but is practically universal; and in most jurisdictions outside England where English law or legal forms prevail, signature has been substituted for or made equivalent to sealing. Delivery (delivery n. 1b) is now a moribund formality. Contracts of most kinds, as well as dispositions of property inter vivos, may be made by deed, and in common practice are often so made. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > types of legal or official document > [noun] > deed deedc1300 bill1548 fait1562 sanad1743 c1300 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 69 Edward..suore..to me..his heyre suld I be. Þerof he mad me skrite..& for to sikere his dede, set þer to his seale. c1300 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 259 Bituex him & þe was mad a priue dede..Forto feffe him ageyn in þat tenement. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. ii. 81 In þe Date of þe deuel þe Deede was a-selet, Be siht of sir Symoni and Notaries signes. 1435 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 358 For ye exchaunge of Heyberd Stener be a ded undder ye seel of his armes. a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. B4^v And write a deede of gift with thine owne blood. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. ii. 1 Enquire the Iewes house out, giue him this deed, and let him signe it. View more context for this quotation 1613 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 162 As I and the said Edmond longe agoe did give vnto her by a jointe deede of guift. 1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. ii. §130. 58 A writing cannot be said a deed, if it be not sealed. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 295 A deed is a writing sealed and delivered by the parties..it is called a deed..because it is the most solemn and authentic act that a man can possibly perform, with relation to the disposal of his property. 1845 J. Williams Princ. Law Real Prop. i. vii. 114 A deed, or a writing sealed and delivered, still imports a consideration. 1893 Sir J. W. Chitty in Law Times Rep. 68 430/1 The statute..requires a deed in cases where formerly a mere writing would have sufficed. 5. Phrases. †a. with the deed: in the act. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > in action [phrase] > in the act with the deedc1450 in the act (of)1555 to catch a person in the fact1712 in (occasionally the) hock1859 c1450 Erle Tolous 522 Of myrthe schalt thou not mys; Thou schalt take us wyth the dede. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xx. ii And it be sothe as ye saye I wold he were taken with the dede. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxxiii. 156 The Adulterer being found with the deed. b. in deed: in action, in actual practice. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > in action [phrase] > in actual practice in deedc1385 in practice1537 in actu1548 c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Ariadne. 2138 And every poynt was performed in dede. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 13830 Þe lif þat he ledeþ in dede Hit is aȝeyn oure lede. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) i. 2 I am redy to fulfille alle in dede þat þou wolt sey vnto me. 1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 29 I trust that not onely all men will commende justice in worde, but also will live justly in deede. 1613 H. Finch Law (1636) 202 Offering to beat one, though he doe not beat one in deed. 1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. vii. 150 Graven images..set up in deed or in word. c. in deed, in very deed, †of very deed (Sc.): in fact, in effect, in reality, in truth: hence indeed adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] mid or with (‥) soothc888 soothfastlya890 soothfastc950 rightOE yeaOE soothlyOE soothOE trulyc1225 soothrightc1275 purec1300 verament1303 verily1303 purelyc1325 verimentc1325 indeedc1330 veirec1330 soothfully1340 faithlyc1350 of very (due) right?a1366 leallya1375 amenc1384 in soothnessc1386 verya1387 in certaina1400 truea1400 without(en) wougha1400 in veirec1400 in deedc1405 without famec1430 in veramentc1450 utterlyc1460 veritably1481 veritable1490 voirably1501 seriously1644 quite1736 quite1881 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 659 But wel I woot he lyed right in dede. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. vi. 18 For thinkest thou that God in very dede dwelleth amonge men vpon earth? c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xv. 97 Thai ar my mortal enemes of verray deid. 1581 W. Fulke in A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion (1584) iii. sig. S iij They eate not the body of Christ in deede. 1615 W. Bedwell tr. Mohammedis Imposturæ iii. §97 They are in very deed holy bookes. 1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) App. iii. 458 Making all principles be treated in very deed as the counters wherewith the game of faction was to be played. 1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. xiv. 319 The chiefs became the chiefs, in ‘deed’ as well as in name. †d. Scots Law. by way of deed: by violence. Cf. by way of feat at feat n. 1b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [phrase] > by violence or force strong handOE by forcec1320 through, with, of forcec1320 by or with strifec1330 by way of feat1362 by (also with, by) fine forcea1375 by mighta1425 by force and armsa1481 by way of deed1535 by (the) head and shoulders1571 by (the) head and ears1590 sting and ling1816 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 141 The tother part with haill power and mycht, Without ressone agane he wald persew, Be way of deid his richtis till reskew. 1564 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 275 In caise ather of the saidis partiis.., sall happin to be hurt, harmit, invadit, or persewit be utheris be way of deid. c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 38 That na injure be done to any subject be way of deid. Compounds C1. General attributive. Also deedbote n., deed poll n. a. † deed-doer n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xx^v Thei would be lokers on and no dede doers. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 356 Bot the deid doer..wes fled. † deed-doing n. Obsolete ΚΠ c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 70 Þe dede doynge is proff of loue, as gregory seiþ. 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 456 One of his horse-keepers..taking him at the deed doing..bestowed so many blowes on him..that he left him halfe dead. b. deed-achieving adj. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 170 By deed-atchieuing Honor newly nam'd. View more context for this quotation deed-worthy adj. ΚΠ 1865 J. Grote Treat. Moral Ideals (1876) viii. 103 Deedworthy conduct, or the faciendum. C2. deed-box n. a box, usually of tin-plate, for keeping deeds or other documents in. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun] > for other specific contents smoke-box1614 scale-box1708 glass-case1734 deed-box1834 livebox1834 pipe box1834 rose box1863 specimen-box1897 Bible-box1904 message box1976 1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful III. ii. 35 Taking with him the tin-box, (it was what they call a deed box). 1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xiv. 85 It is advisable to keep your own securities in your own deed-box at home. deed-offering n. Coverdale's word in some instances for the ‘peace-offering’ of the 1611 version. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. vi. 17 And Dauid offred burnt offerynges and deed offerynges before ye Lorde. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). deedv. Brit. /diːd/, U.S. /did/ Etymology: < deed n. U.S. transitive. To convey or transfer by deed. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [verb (transitive)] > grant by charter or deed bookOE convey1495 assure1572 reassure1592 granta1599 grant1766 deed1816 1816 J. Pickering Vocab. U.S. 76 To deed..We sometimes hear this word used colloquially; but rarely, except by illiterate people... None of our writers would employ it. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Deed, to convey or transfer by deed; a popular use of the word in America; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son. 1865 Morning Star Sept. A..complete farm..in Connecticut has been deeded over to his wife. 1890 Cent. Mag. Jan. 475/1 The act of 1864, deeding to that state the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). deedadv. Etymology: Shortened < indeed adv. Now chiefly Scottish. = indeed adv. 5. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed soothlyc825 forsoothc888 wiselyc888 sooth to sayOE i-wislichec1000 to (‥) soothOE iwis?c1160 certesa1250 without missa1275 i-witterlic1275 trulyc1275 aplight1297 certc1300 in (good) fayc1300 verily1303 certain1330 in truthc1330 to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330 certainlya1375 faithlya1375 in faitha1375 surelya1375 in sooth1390 in trothc1390 in good faitha1393 to witc1400 faithfullyc1405 soothly to sayc1405 all righta1413 sad?a1425 in certc1440 wella1470 truec1480 to say (the) truth1484 of a truth1494 of (a) trotha1500 for a truth?1532 in (of) verity1533 of verityc1550 really1561 for, in, or into very?1565 indeed1583 really and truly1600 indeed and indeed1673 right enough1761 deed1816 just1838 of a verity1850 sho1893 though1905 verdad1928 sholy1929 ja-nee1937 only1975 deffo1996 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. vii. 144 'Deed, sir, they hae various opinions. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxvii. 235 ‘'Deed and she will,’ said O'Dowd. 1868 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. Sc. Life 183 ‘Deed’, said the laird..‘I wad ha' wondered if ye had.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019). > as lemmas deed = damn v. 6; usually in past participle deed (also deedeed) = d——d, damned. ΚΠ a1845 R. H. Barham Poplar in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 351 We'll be Deed if it is n't an O! 1859 C. Reade Love me Little iii. 25 Your three graces are three deed fools. 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 61 A satirist..whose works were long ago dead and (I fear) deedeed to boot. extracted from deev.adj. < n.c825v.1816adv.1816 as lemmas
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