All 6 Uses of
deed
in
Dracula
- When I came in he cleared the books and papers from the table, and with him I went into plans and deeds and figures of all sorts.
p. 29.7 *deeds = legal documents indicating ownership of property
- Of them he will have deeds of purchase, keys and other things.
p. 311.8
- There were title deeds of the Piccadilly house in a great bundle, deeds of the purchase of the houses at Mile End and Bermondsey, notepaper, envelopes, and pens and ink.
p. 320.6
- There were title deeds of the Piccadilly house in a great bundle, deeds of the purchase of the houses at Mile End and Bermondsey, notepaper, envelopes, and pens and ink.
p. 320.6
- As he spoke he put the money remaining in his pocket, took the title deeds in the bundle as Harker had left them, and swept the remaining things into the open fireplace, where he set fire to them with a match.
p. 327.2
- To begin twice more after I had been through a deed of horror.†
p. 394.8 *deed = notable achievement
Definitions:
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(1)
(deed as in: signed the deed) a legal document indicating ownership of propertyThis is often in reference to a trust deed which transfers legal title of property to a trustee. Frequently, the trustee is a bank and title is entrusted to the bank until a loan is paid off.
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(2)
(deed as in: did a good deed) a notable act