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decree

nounverbattested in dialogue

  • //dɪˈkɹiː//
  • /[dɪˈkʰɹʷɪi̯]/
  • //dəˈkɹiː//
  • /[dəˈkʰɹʷɪi̯]/

An edict or law.

noun

  1. 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. 2

    The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.

  3. 3

    The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.

  4. 4

    A predetermination made by God; an act of providence.

Etymology

From Middle English decre, decree, from Old French decré (French décret), from Latin dēcrētum.

verb

  1. 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.

Forms

plural
decrees
past tense
decreed
past participle
decreed
present participle
decreeing
third person singular
decrees
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