Antonyms for deeding

Grammar : Verb

Spell : deed

Phonetic Transcription : did

Definition of deeding

Origin : Old English dæd "a doing, act, action, transaction, event," from Proto-Germanic *dædis (cf. Old Saxon dad, Old Norse dað, Old Frisian dede, Middle Dutch daet, Dutch daad, Old High German tat, German Tat "deed," Gothic gadeþs "a putting, placing"), from PIE *dhetis (cf. Lithuanian detis "load, burden," Greek thesis "a placing, setting"), from *dhe- "place, put" (see do). Sense of "written legal document" is early 14c. As a verb, 1806, American English Related: Deeded; deeding.

As in transfer : verb pass possession to
As in cede : verb abandon, surrender
As in give : verb contribute, supply, transfer

Example sentences :

Aunt Corinne went through an impressive pantomime of deeding and double-deeding herself not to holler.
Extract from : « Old Caravan Days » by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

He grows aweary and lies down to sleep—to sleep and wake no more, deeding to us the mintage of his love.
Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 » by Elbert Hubbard

The deeding of territory in a Patent Right is about equivalent to giving a deed to so much blue sky.
Extract from : « Twenty Years of Hus'ling » by J. P. Johnston

Synonyms for deeding

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