decree
verb/dɪˈkriː/
/dɪˈkriː/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they decree | /dɪˈkriː/ /dɪˈkriː/ |
| he / she / it decrees | /dɪˈkriːz/ /dɪˈkriːz/ |
| past simple decreed | /dɪˈkriːd/ /dɪˈkriːd/ |
| past participle decreed | /dɪˈkriːd/ /dɪˈkriːd/ |
| -ing form decreeing | /dɪˈkriːɪŋ/ /dɪˈkriːɪŋ/ |
- to decide, judge or order something officially
- decree (something) The government decreed a state of emergency.
- decree what, how, etc… We cannot decree what the committee should do.
- it is decreed that… It was decreed that the following day would be a holiday.
Extra Examples- They had decreed where I should live and what work I should do.
- Fate had decreed that they would never meet again.
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting an order issued by an ecclesiastical council to settle a point of doctrine or discipline): from Old French decre, decret, from Latin decretum ‘something decided’, from decernere ‘decide’.Definitions on the go
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