All 11 Uses of
deed
in
Othello, the Moor of Venice
- If thou dost slander her and torture me, Never pray more; abandon all remorse; On horror's head horrors accumulate; Do deeds to make heaven weep, all earth amaz'd; For nothing canst thou to damnation add Greater than that.†
Scene 3.3deeds = notable achievements
- I should make very forges of my cheeks, That would to cinders burn up modesty, Did I but speak thy deeds.†
Scene 4.2
- Here I kneel:— If e'er my will did trespass 'gainst his love, Either in discourse of thought or actual deed; Or that mine eyes, mine ears, or any sense, Delighted them in any other form; Or that I do not yet, and ever did, And ever will, though he do shake me off To beggarly divorcement,—love him dearly, Comfort forswear me!†
Scene 4.2deed = a notable achievement
- Wouldst thou do such a deed for all the world?†
Scene 4.3
- Wouldst thou do such a deed for all the world?†
Scene 4.3
- I have no great devotion to the deed; And yet he hath given me satisfying reasons:— 'Tis but a man gone.†
Scene 5.1
- O, who hath done this deed?†
Scene 5.2
- Ay, 'twas he that told me first: An honest man he is, and hates the slime That sticks on filthy deeds.†
Scene 5.2deeds = notable achievements
- Do thy worst: This deed of thine is no more worthy heaven Than thou wast worthy her.†
Scene 5.2deed = a notable achievement
- thou hast done a deed,— I care not for thy sword; I'll make thee known, Though I lost twenty lives.†
Scene 5.2 *
- —I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice: then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely, but too well; Of one not easily jealous, but, being wrought, Perplex'd in the extreme; of one whose hand, Like the base Judean, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe; of one whose subdu'd eyes, Albeit unused to the melting mood, Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees Their medicinal gum.†
Scene 5.2deeds = notable achievements
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 achievement