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Grammar : Noun
Spell : deed
Phonetic Transcription : did

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Définition of deeds

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.
  • noun achievement
  • noun legal paper assigning property; contract
Example sentences :
  • He says, he will convince you of his love by deeds, since he is not permitted by you to express it by words.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • The chiseled stone is not more fixed than are the deeds of the minutes that are past.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Me and Lawyer Fillmore has been a-lookin' into them deeds, and this timber is mine;' and he driv off.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • There are also pictures of the gods and heroes and the deeds they did.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • And bring the deeds to your plant—the bills of sale to your machinery and equipment.
  • Extract from : « The Big Tomorrow » by Paul Lohrman
  • Thus it is usual for the husband's deeds to be endorsed by the wife, while he did not endorse hers.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • Men were tried and sentenced never for deeds, but always for words.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • He drew horizons on paper and pursued the infinite in deeds.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • Human must do God's commandments in deeds, words and thoughts.
  • Extract from : « A Complete Edition of the Works of Nancy Luce » by Nancy Luce
  • In deeds, words and thoughts, to human and dumb creatures too.
  • Extract from : « A Complete Edition of the Works of Nancy Luce » by Nancy Luce

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