\Deed\, a.
Dead. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

\Deed\, n. [AS. d?d; akin to OS. d[=a]d, D. & Dan. daad, G.
thai, Sw. d[*a]d, Goth. d?ds; fr. the root of do. See {Do},
v. t.]
1. That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an
   act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive
   application, including, whatever is done, good or bad,
   great or small.
         And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye
         have done?                            --Gen. xliv.
                                               15.
         We receive the due reward of our deeds. --Luke
                                               xxiii. 41.
         Would serve his kind in deed and word. --Tennyson.
2. Illustrious act; achievement; exploit. ``Knightly deeds.''
   --Spenser.
         Whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn. --Dryden.
3. Power of action; agency; efficiency. [Obs.]
         To be, both will and deed, created free. --Milton.
4. Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.
5. (Law) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or
   parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some
   transfer, bargain, or contract.
Note: The term is generally applied to conveyances of real
      estate, and it is the prevailing doctrine that a deed
      must be signed as well as sealed, though at common law
      signing was formerly not necessary.
{Blank deed}, a printed form containing the customary legal
   phraseology, with blank spaces for writing in names,
   dates, boundaries, etc.
6. Performance; -- followed by of. [Obs.] --Shak.
{In deed}, in fact; in truth; verily. See {Indeed}.

\Deed\, v. t.
To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate
to his eldest son. [Colloq. U. S.]