decree
SubstantivVerbin Dialogen belegt
- //dɪˈkɹiː//
- /[dɪˈkʰɹʷɪi̯]/
- //dəˈkɹiː//
- /[dəˈkʰɹʷɪi̯]/
An edict or law.
Substantiv
- 1
An edict or law.
There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
Poor hand, why quiverest thou at this decree?
- 2
The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
- 3
The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
- 4
A predetermination made by God; an act of providence.
Herkunft
From Middle English decre, decree, from Old French decré (French décret), from Latin dēcrētum.
Verb
- 1
To command by a decree.
A court decrees a restoration of property.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee.
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea.
The Nhasangs themselves are from Ngaba, which is in the Amdo region of northeastern Tibetan, a cultural borderland where Tibetan and Sichuan traditions meet. China has decreed that Ngaba is within Sichuan Province.
Formen
- Plural
- decrees
- Präteritum
- decreed
- Partizip II
- decreed
- Partizip I
- decreeing
- 3. Person Singular
- decrees