DECREE

decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript

(noun) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); “a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there”

rule, decree

(verb) decide with authority; “The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed”

decree

(verb) issue a decree; “The King only can decree”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

decree (plural decrees)

An edict or law.

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

(legal) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.

(religion) A predetermination made by God; an act of providence.

Verb

decree (third-person singular simple present decrees, present participle decreeing, simple past and past participle decreed)

To command by a decree.

Anagrams

• recede

Source: Wiktionary

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De*cree", n. Etym: [OE. decre, F. décret, fr. L. decretum, neut. decretus, p. p. of decernere to decide; de- + cernere to decide. See Certain, and cf. Decreet, Decretal.]

1. An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative ru "The decrees of Venice." Sh There went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. Luke ii. 1. Poor hand, why quiverest thou at this decree Shak.

2. (Law) (a) A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty. (b) A determination or judgment of an umpire on a case submitted to him. Brande.

3. (Eccl.)

Definition: An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils.

Syn.

– Law; regulation; edict; ordinance. See Law.

De*cree", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decreed; p. pr. & vb. n. Decreeing.]

1. To determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to ordain; as, a court decrees a restoration of property. Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee. Job xxii. 28.

2. To ordain by fate.

De*cree", v. i.

Definition: To make decrees; -- used absolutely. Father eternal! thine is to decree; Mine, both in heaven and earth to do thy will. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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