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noun
1.
a formal and authoritative order, especially one having the force of law: a presidential decree.
2.
Law. a judicial decision or order.
3.
Theology. one of the eternal purposes of God, by which events are foreordained.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
4.
to command, ordain, or decide by decree.
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Decreed
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Origin:
1275–1325; (noun) Middle English decre < Anglo-French decre, decret < Latin dēcrētum, noun use of neuter of dēcrētus, past participle of dēcernere; see decern; (v.) Middle English decreen, derivative of the noun
1275–1325; (noun) Middle English decre < Anglo-French decre, decret < Latin dēcrētum, noun use of neuter of dēcrētus, past participle of dēcernere; see decern; (v.) Middle English decreen, derivative of the noun
Related forms
pre·de·cree, verb (used with object), -creed, -cree·ing.
un·de·creed, adjective
well-de·creed, adjective
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Example Sentences
- Navy has decreed that its everyday flared-leg dungarees will be discontinued, replaced by straight-legged pants.
- The government has decreed that all foreign university staff can only be offered one-year renewable contracts.
- But a quite different reform, decreed by him three years ago, may bear fruit sooner.
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Word Origin & History
decree
c.1300, from O.Fr. decre, variant of decret, from L. decretum, neut. of decretus, pp. of decernere "to decree, decide, pronounce a decision," from de- + cernere "to separate" (see crisis).
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