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deed
English
Etymology
From Middle English dede, from Old English d?d, d?d (“deed, act”), from Proto-West Germanic *d?di, from Proto-Germanic *d?diz (“deed”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?éh?tis (“deed, action”). Analyzable through Proto-Germanic as do +? -th. Doublet of thesis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di?d/
- Rhymes: -i?d
Noun
deed (plural deeds)
- An action or act; something that is done.
- And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done?
- A brave or noteworthy action; a feat or exploit.
- whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn
- Action or fact, as opposed to rhetoric or deliberation.
- I have fulfilled my promise in word and in deed.
- (law) A legal instrument that is executed under seal or before witnesses.
- I inherited the deed to the house.
Synonyms
- (action): act, action; see also Thesaurus:action
- (law): document, certificate, instrument
Derived terms
- deedful
- deedholder
- deedless
- deedly
- deed of assumption
- deed poll
- indeed
- misdeed
Translations
Verb
deed (third-person singular simple present deeds, present participle deeding, simple past and past participle deeded)
- (informal) To transfer real property by deed.
- He deeded over the mineral rights to some fellas from Denver.
Derived terms
- undeeded
Translations
Anagrams
- dede
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de?t/
Verb
deed
- singular past indicative of doen
Anagrams
- dede
Middle English
Alternative forms
- ded
Etymology
From Old English d?ad.
Adjective
deed
- dead (no longer alive)
- inert, inactive.
Related terms
- dedly
Descendants
- English: dead
- Scots: dede, deid, deed
- Yola: deed
References
- “d?d, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Scots
Verb
deed
- past participle of dee
- (South Scots) past participle of dei
Adverb
deed
- indeed
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English deed.
Adjective
deed
- dead
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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malefice
English
Etymology
From Latin maleficium: compare French maléfice. See malefactor.
Noun
malefice (plural malefices)
- (obsolete) An evil deed; artifice; enchantment.
Latin
Adjective
malefice
- vocative masculine singular of maleficus
References
- malefice in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- malefice in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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