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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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
decreed
adjective: fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time") [syn: {appointed}, {ordained}, {prescribed}]
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