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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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Decreeing
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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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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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