DECREE
\dɪkɹˈiː], \dɪkɹˈiː], \d_ɪ_k_ɹ_ˈiː]\
Definitions of DECREE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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decide with authority; "The King decreed that all first-born males should be killed"
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issue a decree; "The King only can decree"
By Princeton University
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A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty.
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A determination or judgment of an umpire on a case submitted to him.
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An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils.
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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.
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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 decision.
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To make decrees; - used absolutely.
By Oddity Software
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A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty.
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A determination or judgment of an umpire on a case submitted to him.
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An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils.
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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.
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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 decision.
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To make decrees; - used absolutely.
By Noah Webster.
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An ordinance, law, or edict; a judicial decision; the award of an umpire or arbitrator.
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To determine by a law, decision, etc.; ordain; assign.
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To make a law, decision, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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