deed
[did]
n. , , 契

vt. 契转

[] 契

1. Deeds are better than words when people are in need of help.
   需救助候，动胜言语。
2. His deed claims our respect.
   值尊敬。
3. A wrong or illegal deed; a wrongdoing.
   违错误非；错误

deed
[ noun ]

1. a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it

<noun.communication>
he signed the deed
he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment

2. something that people do or cause to happen

<noun.tops>

Deed \Deed\ (d[=e]d), a.
Dead. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


Deed \Deed\, n. [AS. d[=ae]d; akin to OS. d[=a]d, D. & Dan.
daad, G. that, Sw. d[*a]d, Goth. d[=e]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 \Deed\, v. t.
To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate
to his eldest son. [Colloq. U. S.]