Part 2840

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Deduplication</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>De*du`pli*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>duplication</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The division of that which is morphologically one organ into two or more, as the division of an organ of a plant into a pair or cluster.</def>

<h1>Deed</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>Deed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dead.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Deed</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>Deed</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>d<?/d</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>d\'bed</ets>, D. & Dan. <ets>daad</ets>, G. <ets>thai</ets>, Sw. <ets>d\'86d</ets>, Goth. <ets>d<?/ds</ets>; fr. the root of <ets>do</ets>. See <er>Do</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>And Joseph said to them, What <b>deed</b> is this which ye have done? <i>Gen. xliv. 15.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>We receive the due reward of our <b>deeds</b>. <i>Luke xxiii. 41.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Would serve his kind in <b>deed</b> and word. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Illustrious act; achievement; exploit.</def> "Knightly <i>deeds</i>."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<blockquote>Whose <b>deeds</b> some nobler poem shall adorn. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Power of action; agency; efficiency.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To be, both will and <b>deed</b>, created free. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Fact; reality; -- whence we have <i>indeed</i>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract.</def>

<note>&hand; 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.</note>

<cs><col>Blank deed</col>, <cd>a printed form containing the customary legal phraseology, with blank spaces for writing in names, dates, boundaries, etc.</cd></cs>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Performance; -- followed by <i>of</i>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>In deed</col>, <cd>in fact; in truth; verily. See <er>Indeed</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Deed</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>Deed</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To convey or transfer by deed; <as>as, he <ex>deeded</ex> all his estate to his eldest son</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq. U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Deedful</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>Deed"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of deeds or exploits; active; stirring.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "A <i>deedful</i> life."