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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
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
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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ROOTS
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