 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
decree
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" [syn: {edict}, {fiat}, {order}, {rescript}]
verb
1: issue a decree; "The King only can decree"
2: decide with authority; "The King decreed that all first-born
males should be killed" [syn: {rule}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Decree \De*cree"\, verb (used without an object)
To make decrees; -- used absolutely.
Father eternal! thine is to decree;
Mine, both in heaven and earth to do thy will.
--Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Decree \De*cree"\, noun [OE. decre, F. d['e]cret, 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?? decision. ''The decrees of
Venice.'' --Sh???.
There went out a decree from C[ae]sar 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.) 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}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Decree \De*cree"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
176 Moby Thesaurus words for "decree":
act, act on, action, adjudge, announcement, appointment, authorize,
award, behest, bid, bidding, bill, brevet, bull, bylaw, call on,
call the signals, call upon, canon, charge, charging, choose,
choose to, command, commission, compel, condemn, condemnation,
consideration, constitute, constrain, decide, decision,
declaration, declare, declare lawful, decree-law, decreement,
decretal, decretum, deliverance, demand, desire, determination,
determine, diagnosis, dictate, dictation, dictum, diktat, direct,
direction, directive, doom, edict, edictum, enact, enact laws,
enactment, enjoin, establish, fiat, filibuster, find, find against,
find for, finding, force, foredestiny, foregone conclusion,
foreknowledge, foreordination, form, formality, formula, formulary,
formulate, get the floor, give an order, give the word,
have the floor, impose, injunction, institution, instruct,
instruction, ipse dixit, issue a command, issue a writ, judgement,
jus, kill, law, lay down, legalize, legislate, legislation,
legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, lex, lobby through, logroll,
make a regulation, make legal, mandate, manifesto, measure,
necessity, oblige, ordain, order, order about, ordinance,
ordonnance, pass, pass judgment, pass sentence, pigeonhole, pocket,
precedent, precept, predestination, predetermination,
preordination, prescience, prescribe, prescript, prescription,
proclaim, proclamation, prognosis, promulgate, promulgation,
pronounce, pronounce judgment, pronounce on, pronouncement,
pronunciamento, put in force, put through, railroad through,
regulate, regulation, report, require, rescript, resolution,
resolve, return a verdict, roll logs, rubric, rule, ruling,
sanction, say the word, see fit, senatus consult,
senatus consultum, sentence, set, standing order, statute, table,
take the floor, think fit, think good, think proper, ukase,
utter a judgment, validate, verdict, veto, will, wish,
yield the floor
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