Decree has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Verb
Noun
1
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"
2
An edict or law.
"The king issued a decree banning all public gatherings during the plague."
Verb
1
issue a decree
"The King only can decree"
2
decide with authority
"The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"
3
To command by a decree.
"The king decreed that all citizens must wear red sashes on national holidays."
Example Sentences
"a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
noun
"The King only can decree"
verb
"The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"
verb
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Origin
The word entered English via the Old French décret, which itself came from the Latin dēcrētum. Originally meaning a formal order or judgment issued by an authority, it retained this sense as it traveled through Middle English into modern usage.