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[deed]
noun
1.
something that is done, performed, or accomplished; an act: Do a good deed every day.
2.
an exploit or achievement; feat: brave deeds.
3.
Often, deeds. an act or gesture, especially as illustrative of intentions, one's character, or the like: Her deeds speak for themselves.
4.
Law. a writing or document executed under seal and delivered to effect a conveyance, especially of real estate.
verb (used with object)
5.
to convey or transfer by deed.

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Deeds is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English dede, Old English dēd, variant of dǣd; cognate with German Tat, Gothic gadēths; see do1

deed·less, adjective
re·deed, verb (used with object)
un·deed·ed, adjective


1. See action.

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deed
O.E. dæd "a doing, act," from P.Gmc. *dædis, related to "do," from PIE *dhetis, from *dhe-/*dho- "place, put." Sense of "written legal document" is c.1300.
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