Deed

Definitions: Deed

Deed

Noun

1. A notable achievement: "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort".

2. A legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "deed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Business

Dream Interpretation

Finance

Law

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Synonyms: Deed

Action

Deed, act, overt act, stitch, touch, gest transaction, job, doings, dealings, proceeding, measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow; coup, coup de main, coup d'etat; tour de force; (display); feat, exploit; achievement; (completion); handiwork, workmanship; manufacture; stroke of policy; (plan).

Compromise

Verb: compromise, commute, compound; take the mean; split the difference, meet one halfway, give and take; come to terms; (contract); submit to arbitration, abide by arbitration; patch up, bridge over, arrange; straighten out, adjust, differences, agree; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; take the will for the deed.

Courage

Exploit, feat, achievement; heroic deed, heroic act; bold stroke.

Evidence

Ce justificative; deed, warranty; (security);

Bear witness; Noun: give evidence; Noun: testify, depose, witness, vouch for; sign, seal, undersign, set one's hand and seal, sign and seal, deliver as one's act and deed, certify, attest; acknowledge; (assent).

Forgiveness

Excuse, exoneration, quittance, release, indemnity; bill of indemnity, act of indemnity, covenant of indemnity, deed of indemnity; exculpation; (acquittal).

Guilt

Phrase: cui prodest scelus in fecit; culpam paena premit comes; "O would the deed were good!"; "responsibility prevents crimes" se judice nemo nocens absolvitur; "so many laws argues so many sins". -- p. --

Pacification

Noun: pacification, conciliation; reconciliation, reconcilement; shaking of hands, accommodation, arrangement, adjustment; terms, compromise; amnesty, deed of release.

Record

Record, note, minute; register, registry; roll; (list); cartulary, diptych, Domesday book; catalogue raisonne; entry, memorandum, indorsement, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket; notch; (mark); muniment, deed; (security); document; deposition, proces verbal; affidavit; certificate; (evidence).

Relinquishment

Noun: relinquishment, abandonment; (of a course); renunciation, expropriation, dereliction; cession, surrender, dispensation; quitclaim deed; resignation; riddance.

Security

Recognizance; deed of indemnity, covenant of indemnity.

Muniment, title deed, instrument; deed, deed poll; assurance, indenture; charter; (compact); charter poll; paper, parchment, settlement, will, testament, last will and testament, codicil.

Thought

Phrase: the mind being on the stretch; the mind turning upon, the head turning upon, the mind running upon; " divinely, bent to meditation "; en toute chose il faut considerer la fin; " fresh-pluckt from bowers of never-failing thought "; " go speed the stars of Thought "; " in maiden meditation fancy-free "; " so sweet is zealous contemplation "; " the power of thought is the magic of the Mind "; " those that think must govern those that toil "; " thought is parent of the deed "; " thoughts in attitudes imperious "; " thoughts that breathe and words that burn "; vivere est cogitare; Volk der Dichter und Denker.

Vindication

Take the will for the deed, make allowance for, give credit for, do justice to; give one his due, give the Devil his due.

Crosswords: Deed

He did the deed. (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.)

So shines a good deed in a weary world. (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; writing credit: Roald Dahl)

Marge you gotta help me, I have to do one good deed to get into heaven. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

A deed once done cannot be undone, but it might be mitigated. (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio)

You know you did the wild walk, made a touchdown, signed the deed! (Daria; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll)

Shocked by the foul evil deed I had done ("El Paso"; performing artist: Marty Robbins)

Put your creed in your deed. (references; author: unknown)

Repentance is sorrow for the deed, not for getting caught. (references; author: unknown)

Columbo: A Friend in Deed (1974)

Deed of Daring-Do (1969)

Good Deed (1959)

Droopy's Good Deed (1951)

Do a Good Deed (1935)

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References

• The World Market for Armored Safes, Strong-Boxes and Doors, Safe Deposit Lockers for Strong Rooms, and Cash and Deed Boxes of Base Metal: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• Aunt Dimity's Good Deed (reference)

• No Good Deed (reference)

• No Good Deed (Roswell, 2) (reference)

• The Deed (reference)

• The Deed of Paksenarrion (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Citrus Deed Report (reference)

• Deed Digest (reference)

• Hernando Deed Report (reference)

• Marion County Deed Report (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Bloody Good Deed (reference)

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Music

• Deed Is Done (reference)

• One Deed (reference)

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High Tech

• Mortgage & Deed Master [DOWNLOAD] (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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A dastardly deed.Credit: Library of Congress.

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I took a kettle large and new, Fit for the deed I had to do.

Argot is nothing more nor less than a wardrobe in which language, having some bad deed to do, disguises itself.

The whisper ceased and he knew then clearly that his own soul had sinned in thought and word and deed wilfully through his own body.

Then, God grant me to Thou mayst be damned for that wicked deed! O, he was gentle, mild, and virtuous!

' and let slip the dogs of war, That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial.

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Economic History

Spain

This must be done within 30 working days from the date of the Public Deed. (references)

Mexico

These include reduction of real estate taxes, land transfer taxes, and deed registration taxes. (references)

Indonesia

Once executed, the Deed of Establishment is submitted to the Ministry of Law and Legislation (MOLL). (references)

Human Rights

South Africa

The various forms of compensation offered to claimants are the return of the original land, a deed to another piece of land, financial remuneration, or preferential access to government housing. (references)

Trade

Egypt

In addition, the following documents must be provided: customs import release certificate, certificate of export of product, an export permit, a registered deed of sale from the original importer, and a customs clearance certificate. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "deed": a great deed ♦ alms deed ♦ black deed ♦ Blank deed ♦ bloody deed ♦ Composition deed ♦ contract for deed ♦ Counter deed ♦ deed costs ♦ deed of alimony ♦ deed of assessment ♦ deed of contract ♦ deed of conveyance ♦ deed of foundation ♦ deed of gift ♦ deed of indemnity ♦ deed of purchase ♦ deed of release ♦ deed of transfer ♦ deed of trust ♦ deed over ♦ deed poll ♦ deed pool ♦ deed under private seal ♦ definite trust deed ♦ disgraceful deed ♦ evil deed ♦ glorious deed ♦ good deed ♦ heinous deed ♦ heroic deed ♦ In deed ♦ in the present deed ♦ in very deed ♦ in word and in deed ♦ kind deed ♦ livery in deed ♦ mortgage deed ♦ perform an evil deed ♦ pious deed ♦ private deed ♦ public deed ♦ purchase deed ♦ quit claim deed ♦ quitclaim deed ♦ scandalous deed ♦ take the will for the deed ♦ title deed ♦ To record a deed ♦ transfer deed ♦ trust deed ♦ wicked deed. Additional references.

Beginning with "deed": deed-poll.

Ending with "deed": ill-deed, in-bloody-buggering-deed, in-deed.

Albanian

veprim (act, action, activity, agency, doing, engagement, fact, motion, move, movement, operation, play, procedure, proceeding, reaction, step, transaction, turn), vepër (act, action, baby, composition, creation, doing, piece, work), punë (affair, affairs, appointment, avocation, berth, business, concern, concernment, doing, duty, employ, engagement, function, job, labor, labour, make, making, metier, movement, occupation, office, operation, practice, question, service, shebang, slot, task, task-work, thing, work), fakt (consideration, datum, evidence, fact, proof, reality, thing, truth), akt heroik (exploit, feat). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مأثرة (achievement, contribution, exploit), ‏وثيقة (bill, document, instrument, paper, proxy, record, script), ‏حول بصك, ‏حول (ability, about, alien, around, be cross eyed, bleach, capricious, commit, concerning, deliver, deter, divert, encode, hand down, hand over, make, metamorphose, power, process, redress, refer, relocate, round, stop, switch, transfer, transmute, transpose, turn, whimsical, withdraw, work, year), ‏عمل (act, action, aggravation, berth, business, elaborate, employment, engagement, fag, feat, function, gird on, job, labor, labour, making, occupation, place, pursuit, racket, see, situation, task, work), ‏عقد (act, agreement, bead, cast, charter, compact, complicate, conclude, congeal, contract, convene, convention, covenant, decade, draw, embarrass, engagement, entangle, hitch, hold, indent, instrument, knitting, knot, lease, muckrake, muddy, pact, perplex, promise, ravel, vault, vaulting, writing), ‏صك (act, charter, instrument, stamping, writing). (various references)

Bulgarian 

факт (circumstance, datum, fact, thing), нотариален акт, прехвърлям (alienate, assign, convey, devolve, heave, surmount, transfer), постъпка (act, action, offence, proceeding, step, thing), действителност (actuality, fact, positive, real, reality, sooth, truth), действие (act, action, effect, movements, operation, performance, play, potency, process, run, scene, scourge), дело (act, action, affair, case, cause, file, handiwork, life work, plea, suit). (various references)

Chinese 

行为 (BEHAVIOR, behaviour, deeds), 契�"� , 券 (bond, contract, ticket). (various references)

Czech

skutek (act), listina (act, charter, document, list, roll), fakt (fact, yeah), èin (achievement, act, action). (various references)

Danish

skøde. (various references)

Dutch

transportakte (assignment of title, conveyance, deed of transfer), notariële akte (notarial act), notariële acte (notarial act), akte (act, certificate, diploma, document, instrument, paper, record, testimony). (various references)

Esperanto

sanktago (holy deed). (various references)

Farsi 

کار (Act, Activity, Affair, Appointment, Avocation, Duty, Fist, Function, Job, Office, Opus, Ploy, Proposition, Service, Shebang, Task, Thing, Vocation, Work, Workmanship), کردار (Act, Exploit, Issue, Jest), قباله , سند (Act, Bill, Document, Instrument, Script, Title, Voucher, Writ), باقباله واگذارکردن . (various references)

Finnish

notaarin laatima asiakirja (notarial act), notaarin edessä tehty oikeustoimi (notarial act), kauppakirja (deed of purchase). (various references)

French

acte notarié, acte. (various references)

German

urkunde (act, certificate, charter, diploma, document, instrument, paper, parchment, schedule, titledeed), tat (accomplishment, achievement, act, action, crime, did, feat, feats, Thematic Apperception Test, transactivating protein). (various references)

Greek 

κατόρθωμα (achievement, feat, tour de force), έργο (design, doing, effort, film, labour, literary work, opus, play, project, scientific work, task, work), έγγραφο (document, enrol, paper, record, specific document instance, writing), συμβόλαιο μεταβίβασησ κτήματοσ, συμφωνητικό (agreement, contract), πράξη (act, action, doing, effect, practice, practise, process, sum, transaction), άθλοσ (achievement, feat). (various references)

Hebrew 

מפעל (enterprise, project, undertaking, venture, work), מעלל (action, feat), מעש�" (act, action, conduct, doing, fact, incident, manufacture, occupation, occurrence, practice, thing), מעש (action), מעב�" (action), יציר�" (composition, creation, formation, generation, genesis, making, production), שטר ק� ין (muniment, title deed), שטר (banknote, bill, bond, document, promissory note, vexcel, writ), פעול�" (act, action, activity, doing, function, operation, performance), עלילות (action, reality), עליל�" (act, action, exploit, frame up, plot, story), עליל (act, doing, evidence, workshop), עוב�"�" (act, case, fact, occurrence), עשי�" (action, doing, making, performance), א�'רת (despatch, dispatch, document, edict, epistle, letter, lettercard, missive, note, writ). (various references)

Hungarian

valóság (actuality, entity, epiphany, fact, reality, sooth, to give colour to sg, true, truth, Verity), tett (achievement, act, action, doing, exploit, feat). (various references)

Indonesian

perbuatan (act, action, performance), kelakuan, amal (alms, charity, good deed, work), akta (certificate, diploma, official document). (various references)

Italian

opera (action, agency, construction, foundation, handiwork, institution, opera, opus, organization, work), impresa (achievement, boutique, business, company, concern, enterprise, establishment, expedition, exploit, feat, firm, industry, job, motto, shop, trade, undertaking, venture), gesto (act, action, gesture, motion, movement, nod, sign, wave), fatto (action, blocked, business, case, coating, done, event, fact, fit, high, made, matter, matured wine, occurrence, truth, turned on), azione (achievement, act, action, certificate, diploma, document, doing, effect, exertion, feat, motion, operation, play, prise, prize, process, share, share certificate, stock, stock certificate), atto notarile (notarial act), atto di cessione (assignment, conveyance, deed of transfer), atto (act, action, apt, atto, certificate, decision, diploma, document, feat, gesture, motion, record). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

業 (act, actions committed in a former life, Buddhist karma, performance, work). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぎ (affair, be suspicious of, case, ceremony, connection, deception, distrust, doubt, false, falsehood, favor, friendly relations, friendship, goodwill, honour, imitation, intimacy, justice, kindness, lie, matter, morality, relation, righteousness, rule, skill), お�"ない (action, asceticism, behavior, conduct), しわざ (act, action), しょぎょう (act, all practices other than recitation of the nembutsu prayer, all worldly phenomena, meritorious acts leading to enlightenment), しょうしょ (bond, certificate, decree, imperial edict), しょうも�" (bond, contract, palm print), しょい (act, one's doing), �"うい (act, celestial latitude, change of dress, conduct, courtesy, dignity, ecliptic latitude, eminent, favor, good will, high ranking, imperial throne, kindness, lady court attendant, school doctor, seasonal changing of clothes, second accession of the same emperor, second lunar month, siege), わざ (act, art, performance, technique, work), き (10th in rank, 6th in rank, chest, chronicle, coffer, crude, lean on, mood, period, plan, pure, raw, rest against, rice tub, rule, season, season word or phrase, sixth sign of the Chinese calendar, skill, spirit, table, tenth sign of the Chinese calendar, that, timber, time, tree, undiluted, wood, yellow). (various references)

Korean 

증서 (deeds). (various references)

Manx

jannoo (accomplish, accomplishment, act, build, cast, coalesce, commit, committal, compose, conferment, conformation, construct, construction, create, deal, do, effect, execute, fabricate, fashion, fend, fill, follow out, formation, goings on, keep, make, manufacture, perform, performance, performing, perpetrate, perpetration, persuance, practise, produce, production, render; doing, structure, style, transact, transaction, transactions), dalt. (various references)

Norwegian

gjerning. (various references)

Pig Latin

eedday

Portuguese

documento notarial (notarial act), documento (copy, document, munition, recommendation, specific document instance), título (caption, certificate, charter, degree, designation, draft, evidence of title, fibre count, fineness, floating, hank, heading, headline, investment in securities, lettering, name, security, stock, strength, title, titre, yardage), realidade (actuality, fact-finding mission, real, reality, substantiality, tangibility, truth, Verity), instrumento (agent, apparatus, creature, device, diploma, document, Gael, grubbiness, handle, implement, instrument, means, organ, tool, vehicle), feito (accomplishment, achievement, action, activity, done, feat, finished, made, mature, matured wine, shaped, stereotyped, vicarious), façanha (accomplishment, achievement, action, adventure, exploit, feat, prowess, stunt), escritura (charter, contract, deal, diploma, document, writ), acto notarial (notarial act), ação (act, acting, action, activity, agency, battle, deal, gesture, instrumentality, lawsuit, loyal, operation, peep, plot, practice, proceeding, share, thing). (various references)

Romanian

document (act, bill, charter, document, file, indenture, muniment, paper, record, title, writ), titlu (caption, degree, dignity, distinction, head, head line, name, prefix, purity, share, style, title, titre), realitate (fact, reality, substance, tangibility), operã (action, creation, making, opera, opera house, work, writing), manifestare (act, emergence, exercise, exhibition, loose, manifestation, occurrence, piece, Sally, show), lucru (act, activity, article, belongings, business, cert, employment, happening, implement, job, labor, labour, matter, object, occurrence, operation, predecessor, service, situation, thing, things, traps, work, working), lucrare (achievement, piece of work, realization, study, work, working, writing), ispravã (adventure, exploit, feat, stunt, success, trick), faptã (achievement, act, action, exploit, feat, gesture, philanthropy, proceeding, process, work), fapt (affair, case, circumstance, event, fact, incident, paradox, phenomenon, reality), efect (act, action, consequence, effect, impact, outcome, purpose, result, tendency, working), contract (article, contract, convention, covenant, indenture), carte (book, card, letter, playing card, schooling, syndicate), act (act, document), acţiune (act, action, activity, agency, feat, gesture, go, move, operation, proceeding, share, speculation, story, undertaking, work). (various references)

Russian 

дело (act, affair, affairs, business, business deal, case, cause, deal, doing, dossier, engagement, file, matter, part, proposition, shebang, thing, transaction, work). (various references)

Scottish

gnìomh (a deed, action), feart (a virtue, attention, efficiency, notice : na toir feart, virtue), beart (a deed, action, device, tackling). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

delo (act, action, fact, labor, labour, opus, piece), tapija (title), radnja (act, action, doing, parlor, parlour, shop, store), čin (rank). (various references)

Spanish

escritura (a b c, a.b.c., abc, cuneiform, document, hand, handwriting, indenture, instrument, script, scripture, writ, writing). (various references)

Swedish

handling (accomplishment, achievement, act, acta, action, actionable, document, item, paper, piece, story), gärning (accomplishment, achievement, act, action, work). (various references)

Turkish

tapu (land register, title deed), senetle devretmek, kahramanlık (achievements, bravery, exploit, feat, gallantry, heroism, prowess, valor, valour), iş (activity, affair, appointment, assignment, ball game, billet, biz, business, calling, cause, commerce, concern, dealing, doing, doings, employment, ergo-, function, gig, handiwork, job, metier, mission, occupation, occupational, operation, piece, piece of work, place, ploy, post, profession, pursuit, racket, regulation, shop, show, spindle, stint, task, things to do, trade, work, working, workings, works), fiil (act, verb, verbal), eylem (act, action, activity, fact, verb), cesaretli davranış, belge (brief, card, certificate, document, instrument, letter, muniment, note, paper, present, record, reference, sheepskin, voucher), başarı (accomplishment, achievement, click, effort, feat, go, hit, joy, performance, prosperity, show, smash, speed, stroke, success, triumph, victory, win). (various references)

Turkmen 

sogap (good deed). (various references)

Ukranian 

справа (act, affair, biz, brief, business, case, cause, discipline, employ, enterprise, nevermind, point, proposition, shebang, thing, transaction), факт (circumstance, fact, reality), вчинок (act, action, gesture, proceeding, work), подвиг (achievement, exploit, feat, gest), передавати відповідно до акта, діяння (action, actions, doing), дія (act, action, do, effect, operation, performance, work), дійсність (actuality, real, reality), діло (act, affair, cause, employ, engagement, work). (various references)

Vietnamese 

việc l� m (act, ado, affair, employment, job, occupation, service), h� nh vi kỳ công, h� nh động (act, action, doing, turn), chiến công. (various references)

Welsh

gweithred (act, action, work). (various references)

acta, actibus, actu, actum, actus, deforme, facinora, facinore, facinoris, facinus, facta, factaque, facti, factique, factis, facto, factorum, factum, factumque, instrumenta, opus, res. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "deed": deeded, deedier, deediest, deeding, deedless, deeds, deedy. (additional references)

Words ending with "deed": indeed, misdeed. (additional references)

Words containing "deed": misdeeds. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Deed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adeed, cead, daed, daid, deada, dede, deder, dee, deec, dee-dah, deede, deee, deef, Deeg, deej, deek, deel, deet, deey, defeod, deid, dej, delead, demed, dend, deod, deped, deq, deud, deux, deved, dewd, dex, dezed, di'ed, djed, doad, do'ed, doid, dred, dreed, dued, duoed, dwed, dwee, dweed, dyd, dyv, dyx, edad, edde, edec, eded, edew, Eed, ndeed. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dee.

-2 letters: de, ed.

+1 letter: ceded, deeds, deedy, deked, deled, dewed, dreed, edged, ended, reded.

+2 letters: beaded, bedded, bedder, bended, deaden, deader, deaned, deaved, decade, decide, decked, decode, deduce, deeded, deemed, defend, defied, deiced, delead, delude, delved, demode, demoed, denied, denned, dented, denude, depend, deride, deuced, dieted, dredge, dudeen, dueled, duende, eddied, eddies, eddoes, edited, educed, elided, eluded, endued, eroded, evaded, exuded, fended, feuded, gelded, headed, heddle, hedged, heeded, herded, indeed, kedged, leaded, meddle, melded, mended, needed, peddle, pended, redded, redden, redder, reddle, redyed, reeded, rended, seeded, sended, sueded, tedded, tedder, tended, vended, wedded, wedder, wedged, weeded, welded, wended.

+3 letters: acceded, adeemed, adhered, amended, bearded, bedders, bedewed, bedside, betided, bielded, blended, breaded, cudweed, davened, deadens, deadest, deadeye, deaired, deashed, debased, debated, debited, deboned, debride, debuted, decades, decayed, decided, decider, decides, decoded, decoder, decodes, decoyed, decreed, decried, deduced, deduces, deedier, deeding, defaced, defamed, defends, defiled, defined, defused, defuzed, degrade, degreed, deicide, deified, deigned, delated, delayed, deleads, deleted, delimed, deluded, deluder, deludes, deluged, demised, demoded, demoted, denoted, denuded, denuder, denudes, depends, deponed, deposed, depside, deputed, derated, derided, derider, derides, derived, descend, desexed, desired, detoxed, detrude, develed, deviled, devised, devoted, dewaxed, dizened, dovened, doweled, dowered, dozened, dreaded, dreamed, dredged, dredger, dredges, dreidel, dressed, dudeens, duelled, duendes, duetted, dwelled, dyeweed, edified, emended, encoded, endited, endowed, endured, excided, fielded, fledged, heddles, ideated, impeded, indexed, kneaded, ladened, medaled, meddled, meddler, meddles, misdeed, modeled, needled, ordered, pedaled, peddled, peddler, peddles, pleaded, pledged, readded, readied, receded, recoded, redated, reddens, redders, reddest, reddled, reddles, redhead, redried, reduced, resided, rodeoed, scended, seceded, sedated, seduced, seedbed, seedpod, shedded, shedder, sledded, sledder, sledged, snedded, speeded, steaded, tedders, teddies, treaded, treddle, trended, unended, upended, wedders, wedeled, widened, wielded, yielded, yodeled.

+4 letters: adherend, advected, adverted, aldehyde, appended, ascended, attended, badgered, bedamned, bedaubed, beddable, bedecked, bedimmed, bedotted, bedraped, bedsides, bedstead, bedumbed, bedunced, befuddle, begirded, beheaded, beladied, belauded, bemadden, bemuddle, bendayed, bindweed, birdseed, bordered, budgeted, burdened, cadenced, cheddite, cindered, coedited, coheaded, conceded, credenda, credited, cudgeled, cudweeds, dackered, daggered, daikered, damneder, dampened, dandered, daneg</