Deeds

Definition: Deeds

Deeds

Noun

1. Performance of moral or religious acts; "salvation by deeds" or "the reward for good works".

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

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

Synonym: Deeds

Action

Phrase: "action is eloquence"; actions speak louder than words; actum aiunt ne agas; "awake, arise, or be forever fall'n"; dii pia facta vident; faire sans dire; fare fac; fronte capillata post est occasio calva; " our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts"; "the great end of life is not knowledge but action "; "thought is the soul of act"; vivre-ce nest pas respirer c'est agir; "we live in deeds not years".

Contention

Duel, duello; single combat, monomachy, satisfaction, passage d'armes, passage of arms, affair of honor; triangular duel; hostile meeting, digladiation; deeds of arms, feats of arms; appeal to arms; (warfare).

Crosswords: Deeds

You own the Jets, Deeds. (Mr. Deeds; writing credit: Clarence Budington Kell; Robert Riskin)

Fell deeds awaitNow for WrathNow for Ruinand the Red Dawn (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

Hello? Ah, Mr. Victim, yes, I'm glad to say I've got the go-ahead to lend you the money you require, yes. Uh, we will, of course, need as security the deeds to your house, of your aunt's house, of your second cousin's house, of your wife's parents' house, and of your granny's bungalow -- and we will, in addition, need a controlling interest in your new company, uh, unrestricted access to your private bank account, the deposit into our vaults of your three children as hostages, and a full legal indemnity against any acts of embezzlement carried out by any members of our staff during the normal course of their duties. (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman)

Now that the Jewish mania for destruction has shown itself in the deeds of those aerial pirates even the weak and cowardly among us have realised that National Socialism is our peoples greatest and only hope. (Aimée & Jaguar; writing credit: Erica Fischer; Max F�rberböck)

I don't recall a man in this county, black, white,Mexican who'd hesitate for a minute to call on Buddy Deeds to solve a problem. (Lone Star; writing credit: John Sayles)

Save me from these evil deeds. ("Criminal"; performing artist: Fiona Apple)

And watered by the deeds of those ("EPITAPH"; performing artist: King Crimson)

She sees my good deeds ("Under The Bridge"; performing artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers)

A person of words and not deeds is like a garden full of weeds. (references; author: unknown)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1969)

Daring Deeds (1927)

Deeds of Daring (1924)

Good Deeds (1923)

Dry Goods and Damp Deeds (1917)

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

Books

• Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds (Religions of the World and Ecology) (reference)

• Clifford's Good Deeds (reference)

• Jesus the Son of Man: His Words and His Deeds As Told and Recorded by Those Who Knew Him (Kahlil Gibran Pocket Library) (reference)

• Little Wolf's Diary of Daring Deeds (Middle Grade Fiction) (reference)

• Oklahoma Renegades: Their Deeds and Misdeeds (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Mr. Deeds (Special Full Screen Edition) (reference)

• Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (reference)

• Mr. Deeds (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Deeds, Not Words (reference)

• Mr. Deeds [ENHANCED] [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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

Division of pharmacology, NIH around 1938. Front (l-r): H. Kahler, J. Johnson, M. Smith, C. Voegtlin, W. Earle, M. Maver and H. Bauer. Second: T. Stark, J. Thompson, E. Emmart, M. Farrell, K. Harlow, O. Marshino, Rosen, and C. Wright. Third: C. Doane, R. Boltz, Springstern, M. Feeser, W. Pitkerton, E. Schilling, R. Bishop, M. Goldberg, G. Jarrels and Collison. Fourth: T. Hawkley, S. Rosenthal, R. Holbrook, R. Spencer, E. Davis, B. Westfall, F. Deeds.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Post-Civil War photograph, published in "Deeds of Valor", Volume II, page 63, by the Perrien-Keydel Company, Detroit, 1907. Ordinary Seaman Molloy was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in serving a gun from an exposed position on the forecastle of USS Fort Hindman during an engagement with an enemy battery near Harrisonburg, Louisiana, on 2 March 1864. Note: The birth date given on this image differs from that published in the book "Medal of Honor -- The Navy", which gives Molloy's date of birth as 1832.Credit: NAVY.

Halftone image published in "Deeds of Valor", Volume II, page 25, by the Perrien-Keydel Company, Detroit, 1907. Corporal Mackie was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in action on board USS Galena during her engagement with Confederate batteries at Drewry's Bluff, James River, Virginia, on 15 May 1862. This view shows him in what appears to be a Grand Army of the Republic Uniform, circa 1900.Credit: NAVY.

Post-Civil War photograph, published in "Deeds of Valor", Volume II, page 63, by the Perrien-Keydel Company, Detroit, 1907. Ordinary Seaman Molloy was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in serving a gun from an exposed position on the forecastle of USS Fort Hindman during an engagement with an enemy battery near Harrisonburg, Louisiana, on 2 March 1864. Note: The birth date given on this image differs from that published in the book "Medal of Honor -- The Navy", which gives Molloy's date of birth as 1832.Credit: NAVY.

Who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Battle of Manila Bay, 1 May 1898. He was then serving aboard USS Petrel. Halftone image, published in Deeds of Valor, Vol.II, page 353, by the Perrien-Keydel Co., Detroit, Michigan, 1907.Credit: NAVY.

Copied from "Deeds of Valor", Volume II, page 47, published by the Perrien-Keydel Company, Detroit, 1907. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the loss of USS Cincinnati while in action with Confederate batteries at Vicksburg, Mississippi, 27 May 1863.Credit: NAVY.

Artwork by Bacon, published in "Deeds of Valor", Volume II, page 47, by the Perrien-Keydel Company, Detroit, 1907. It depicts Landsman Thomas E. Corcoran assisting fellow crewmen of USS Cincinnati as their ship sinks under fire of Confederate batteries at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on 27 May 1863. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at this time.Credit: NAVY.

Some account of some of the bloody deeds of General Jackson.Credit: Library of Congress.

Col. Edward A. Deeds, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, facing slightly right.Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Should a robber break into my house, and with a dagger at my throat make me seal deeds to convey my estate to him, would this give him any title? Just such a title, by his sword, has an unjust conqueror, who forces me into submission. (Second Treatise of Government)

The German Government will hand over without delay to the Belgian Government the archives, registers, plans, title deeds and documents of every kind concerning the civil, military, financial, judicial or other administrations in the territory transferred to Belgian sovereignty. (reference)

Here are the title deeds of freedom which should lie in every cottage home. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own. (reference)

In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1911)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But each is guilty of darker deeds.

Deeds of daring dazzle history, and form one of the guiding lights of man.

If thou delight to view thy heinous deeds, Behold this pattern of thy butcheries.

Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Children

Macau

The same study noted that "the belief still persists among the Chinese community that having a handicapped child is a form of punishment for past deeds, and this leads families to hide the handicapped child from society." The Social Welfare Institute offers financial and rehabilitation assistance to persons with disabilities and is helping to fund an employment center. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cyprus

The ruling reaffirmed the validity of property deeds issued prior to 1974. In July 1998, the ECHR ordered the Turkish Government to pay the woman approximately $915,000 (1.3 billion Turkish lira) in damages and costs. (references)

Economic History

Guyana

One of the biggest obstacles in establishing a business is navigating land deeds and title registries. (references)

Human Rights

Guyana

In addition, the bill grants the JSC power to appoint the Director and Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, the Registrar and Deputy Registrar of the High Court, and the Registrar and Deputy Registrar of Deeds. (references)

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

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "deeds": Commissioner of deeds ♦ good deeds ♦ great deeds ♦ man of deeds ♦ Title deeds ♦ unnatural deeds. Additional references.

Ending with "deeds": title-deeds.

Chinese 

行为 (BEHAVIOR, behaviour, Deed), 番 (foreign, place name). (various references)

Czech

akta (file). (various references)

Danish

Deeds'metode (Deeds method). (various references)

Dutch

vernietiging van akten (concealment or destruction of official documents or deeds), valsheid in authentiek geschrift (forgery in deeds), instrumenteren (to draw up contracts, to draw up deeds, to draw up writs), authentieke akten opmaken (to draw up contracts, to draw up deeds, to draw up writs). (various references)

Finnish

laatia virallinen asiakirja (to draw up contracts, to draw up deeds, to draw up writs), laatia alkuperäinen asiakirja (to draw up contracts, to draw up deeds, to draw up writs), asiakirjan väärentäminen (forgery in deeds), asiakirjan hävittäminen (concealment or destruction of official documents or deeds). (various references)

French

destruction de pièce (concealment or destruction of official documents or deeds), suppression de pièce (concealment or destruction of official documents or deeds), méthode de Deeds (Deeds method), méthode de détermination du pH sanguin de Deeds (Deeds method), instrumenter (to draw up deeds), impôt grevant la transcription d'actes (tax on the transcription of deeds), faux en actes (forgery in deeds), conservateur des titres (registrar of deeds), conservateur des actes (registrar of deeds). (various references)

German

Taten (did, doings). (various references)

Greek 

μέθοδος Deeds (Deeds method). (various references)

Hebrew 

מעשים טובים (good deeds, good works, well doing), �'�"ולות (great deeds, wonders). (various references)

Hungarian

hőstettek (deeds of derring-do, doughty deeds). (various references)

Indonesian

fiil (behavior), afal (works). (various references)

Italian

gesta (exploits, feats). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

殊勲 (meritorious deeds). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぜ�"�"う (good deeds, preceding issue), ぜ�"�"�" (charity, good deeds), しゅく�" (lord, master, meritorious deeds), うに (sayings and doings, sea urchin, sea urchin eggs, words and deeds), ぶく�" (deeds of arms), せきぜ�" (accumulation of good deeds, desolate, eye, lonely, one eye), か�'�"ぜ�"�"う (good words and good deeds), いきょ (dependence, excellent deeds), よくとくずく (calculating, carrying out mercenary deeds, having a mercenary attitude), よれつ (ancestor's meritorious deeds, the evil effects of the lives of our predecessors), �'�"�"うろく (record of a person's words and deeds), じぶ�"のお�"ない�'かえりみる (to reflect upon one's deeds), じとく (being paid back for one's deeds, masturbation, self-acquisition, self-satisfaction), とっ�"う (goodness, of particular efficacy, political or thought control police, special efficacy, virtue, virtuous act or deeds, virtuous conduct). (various references)

Korean 

증서 (Deed). (various references)

Manx

barganeyn. (various references)

Pig Latin

eedsday

Portuguese

destruição de documento (concealment or destruction of official documents or deeds), supressão de documentos (concealment or destruction of official documents or deeds), método de Deeds (Deeds method), lavrar instrumentos públicos (to draw up contracts, to draw up deeds, to draw up writs), falsificação de documentos (forgery in deeds). (various references)

Romanian

dosar (brief, documents, dogcart, dossier, file, folder). (various references)

Russian 

благородные поступки (golden deeds). (various references)

Spanish

andanzas (wandering, wanderings). (various references)

Swedish

upprätta en handling (to draw up contracts, to draw up deeds, to draw up writs), undertryckande av urkund (concealment or destruction of official documents or deeds, concealment or destruction of titles), officiellt bestyrka en handling (to draw up contracts, to draw up deeds, to draw up writs). (various references)

gesta, gestis, gestorum, gestum, magnalia, magnalium. (various references)

ýâtem. (various references)

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

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

Derivations

Words ending with "deeds": misdeeds. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Deeds" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dede, Dedes, Deds, Deebs, deede, deejs, deeks, deens, deers, deets, Deetz, deud, devs, dexs, diads, Douds, dreds, duads, dweebs, Eddels, eeds. (additional references)

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: deed, dees, seed.

-2 letters: dee, eds, see.

-3 letters: de, ed, es.

+1 letter: eddies, eddoes, seeded, sended, sueded.

+2 letters: bedders, bedside, deadens, deadest, deashed, debased, decades, decides, decodes, deduces, defends, defused, deleads, deludes, demised, denudes, depends, deposed, depside, derides, descend, desexed, desired, devised, dredges, dressed, dudeens, duendes, heddles, meddles, misdeed, peddles, reddens, redders, reddest, reddles, resided, scended, seceded, sedated, seduced, seedbed, seedpod, shedded, shedder, sledded, sledder, sledged, snedded, speeded, steaded, tedders, teddies, wedders.

+3 letters: ascended, bedsides, bedstead, birdseed, cudweeds, deadeyes, deadness, debrides, deceased, deciders, decoders, deediest, deedless, defensed, degassed, degrades, degusted, dehisced, deicides, delisted, deloused, deluders, demasted, denuders, depsides, deriders, desalted, desanded, descends, descried, deserted, deserved, designed, desisted, desorbed, despised, despited, destined, detested, detrudes, devested, dieseled, digested, diseased, divested, dredgers, dreidels, dyeweeds, endorsed, meddlers, misdeeds, peddlers, presided, redheads, resaddle, reseeded, resodded, respaded, saddened, screeded, secluded, seconded, seedbeds, seedpods, shedders, shielded, shredded, shredder, sledders, soddened, soldered, steadied, sundered, treddles, unseeded.

+4 letters: addressed, addressee, addresser, addresses, adherends, aldehydes, bedspread, bedsteads, befuddles, bemaddens, bemuddles, besmudged, besteaded, bestudded, bindweeds, birdseeds, cheddites, condensed, damnedest, danegelds, daneweeds, darnedest, datedness, dazedness, deadbeats, deadeners, deadheads, deadliest, deadlines, deathbeds, debruised, decadents, decedents, declassed, decreased, dedicates, deerweeds, deeryards, defenders, defilades, defocused, defrosted, degaussed, degraders, degreased, demanders, demonised, dendrites, densified, denudates, deposited, depressed, dermestid, descanted, descended, descender, described, desolated, despaired, desperado, despoiled, desponded, destained, destroyed, desuetude, desugared, digressed, disagreed, discepted, discerned, dishelmed, disjected, disobeyed, dispelled, dispended, dispensed, dispersed, disseated, dissected, disseised, disseized, dissented, disserted, disserved, distended, dodderers, dodgeries, dopeheads, dramedies, duckweeds, durnedest, endoderms, escaladed, exscinded, goddesses, handseled, hardedges, headdress, idealised, intendeds, jadedness, melodised, misdeemed, misedited, mistended, oddnesses, overdosed, persuaded, pondweeds, readdress, redecides, redemands, redivides, redressed, reedbirds, resaddled, resaddles, rescinded, resounded, responded, restudied, sapheaded, scheduled, scowdered, selvedged, semidomed, serenaded, shredders, shuddered, sidedness, sidedress, sidelined, skedaddle, slandered, smoldered, soldiered, stampeded, stewarded, subedited, subtended, succeeded, suspended, underdoes, underside, underused, undesired, undressed, wadsetted.

+5 letters: addressees, addressers, admeasured, advertised, bedspreads, beshadowed, beshrouded, bestridden, bobsledded, bobsledder, codesigned, condescend, considered, cuddlesome, damascened, damnedests, daredevils, deadenings, deadliness, deadnesses, decadences, decisioned, decomposed, decussated, dedicatees, deerhounds, defendants, defocussed, deforested, defrauders, dehydrates, deltoideus, delustered, demimondes, demolished, deodorizes, deoxidizes, dependants, dependents, depolished, depredates, dermestids, descendant, descendent, descenders, descending, desecrated, deselected, deservedly, desiccated, desiderata, desiderate, designated, designedly, desilvered, despatched, desperados, despondent, destructed, desuetudes, desulfured, detasseled, devastated, diapedeses, diapedesis, dieselized, dipeptides, disboweled, discovered, disendowed, disendower, disengaged, disherited, disheveled, disordered, dispeopled, displeased, disquieted, disrelated, dissembled, dissevered, dissidence, distressed, doggedness, dogsledded, dogsledder, drudgeries, druidesses, eiderdowns, eisteddfod, embeddings, endodermis, enshrouded, handedness, handselled, hiddenites, hiddenness, hoodedness, indigested, mastheaded, meddlesome, methodised, mindedness, misdefined, misfielded, misordered, mispleaded, modernised, outdressed, outspeeded, overseeded, oversudsed, peddleries, pedestaled, prescinded, readjusted, readymades, reascended, redesigned, redigested, redisposed, redshifted, redshirted, resoldered, rudderless, saddlebred, saddleless, saddleries, saddlesore, saddletree, secludedly, sedimented, shepherded, shouldered, sideburned, sidesaddle, sideswiped, sidewinder, skedaddled, skedaddler, skedaddles, smouldered, sobersided, soddenness, softheaded, soreheaded, splendider, squandered, stepladder, stevedored, suddenness, superadded, superceded, superseded, undecideds, underfeeds, undersexed, undersides, undersized, undeserved, undigested, unshielded, unsoldered, unsteadied, widespread.

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