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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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ploy
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pl??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
Possibly from a shortened form of employ or deploy. Or from earlier ploye, from Middle English, borrowed from Middle French ployer (compare modern plier), from Latin plic?re.
Noun
ploy (countable and uncountable, plural ploys)
- A tactic, strategy, or gimmick.
- (Britain, Scotland, dialect) Sport; frolic.
- (obsolete) Employment.
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably abbreviated from deploy.
Verb
ploy (third-person singular simple present ploys, present participle ploying, simple past and past participle ployed)
- (military) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.
- 1881, Thomas Wilhelm, A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
- Troops drawn up so as to show an extended front, with slight depth, are said to be deployed; when the depth is considerable and the front comparatively small, they are said to be in ployed formation.
- 1881, Thomas Wilhelm, A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
Antonyms
- deploy
References
ploy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- -poly, poly, poly-
Sranan Tongo
Verb
ploy
- To flex.
- To curve.
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