Decreed

Decreed
Decree De*cree", v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee. --Job xxii. 28. [1913 Webster]

2. To ordain by fate. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • decreed — index decretal, legal, mandatory, necessary (inescapable), positive (prescribed) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burt …   Law dictionary

  • decreed — de·cree || dɪ kriː n. edict, law, mandate, rule v. order by law, ordain, proclaim …   English contemporary dictionary

  • decreed — receded …   Anagrams dictionary

  • decreed — adjective fixed or established especially by order or command at the time appointed (or the appointed time ) • Syn: ↑appointed, ↑ordained, ↑prescribed • Similar to: ↑settled …   Useful english dictionary

  • well-decreed — adj. * * * …   Universalium

  • fate decreed otherwise — all did not go as planned, events turned out differently than expected …   English contemporary dictionary

  • order of decreed things —  Порядок установленный …   Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

  • well-decreed — adj …   Useful english dictionary

  • receded — decreed …   Anagrams dictionary

  • Hukkok —    Decreed, a town near Zebulun, not far from Jordan, on the border of Naphtali (Josh. 19:34). (See Helkath.) …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

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