deed
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,252 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,777 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it also: deed of conveyance, title he signed the deedhe kept the title to his car in the glove compartment
- something that people do or cause to happen also: act, human action, human activity
deed in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Various considerations had delayed the execution of the atrocious deed so coldly contemplated.
Lucretia — Volume 06 · Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · Chapter 1
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We bow as in the dust, with all our pride Of virtue dwarfed the noble deed beside.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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And following her beloved Lord, In decent poverty, She makes her life one sweet record And deed of charity.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 2
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Another time when he had decided to do the deed, the Manager did not come down to the office at all.
Four Weird Tales · Algernon Blackwood · Chapter 1
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He got his receipt and Bewes promised the deed should be drawn when he saw his lawyer to Moreton next market-day.
The Torch and Other Tales · Eden Phillpotts · Chapter 1