deeda. Dead.(Chaucer.)n.[AS. dd; akin to OS. dd, D. & Dan. daad, G. that, Sw. dd, Goth. dds; 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.(Spenser.)Whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn. (Dryden.)3. Power of action; agency; efficiency.()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.()()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.(Shak.)In deed, in fact; in truth; verily. See Indeed.()v. t. To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son.()