单词 | decree |
释义 | decree /di kree"/, n. , v. , decreed, decreeing. n. 1. a formal and authoritative order, esp. one having the force of law: a presidential decree. 2. Law. a judicial decision or order. 3. Theol. one of the eternal purposes of God, by which events are foreordained. v.t. , v.i. 4. to command, ordain, or decide by decree. [1275-1325; (n.) ME decre < AF decre, decret < L decretum, n. use of neut. of decretus, ptp. of decernere; see DECERN; (v.) ME decreen, deriv. of the n.] |
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