Word Meanings - DECREE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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. (more info) decretus, p. p. of decernere to decide;

Additional info about word: DECREE

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. (more info) decretus, p. p. of decernere to decide; de- + cernere to decide. See 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 "The decrees of Venice." Sh There went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. Luke ii. 1. Poor hand, why quiverest thou at this decree Shak. A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty. A determination or judgment of an umpire on a case submitted to him. Brande.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DECREE)

• Award
• Assign
• apportion
• attribute
• accord
• grant
• distribute
• divide
• allot
• give
• determine
• decree
• order
• adjudge
• Destiny
• Fate
• lot
• fortune
• predestination
• necessity
• doom
• end
• Dictate
• Prompt
• suggest
• enjoin
• direct
• pre--crit)e
• instruct
• propose
• command
• Law
• Rule
• edict
• regulation
• statute
• enactment
• mode
• method
• sequence
• principle
• code
• legislation
• adjudication
• jurisdiction
• jurisprudence
• Ordain
• Set
• appoint
• institute
• prescribe
• arrange
• regulate
• dictate
• establish

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DECREE)

• Divorce
• disconnect
• dissociate
• dissever
• Supplicate
• entreat
• persuade
• beg
• petition
• suggest
• represent

Related words: (words related to DECREE)

• ASSIGNEE
  In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors. (more info) A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act,
• SUPPLICATE
  supplicate; of uncertain origin, cf. supplex, supplicis, humbly begging or entreating; perhaps fr. sub under + a word akin to placare to reconcile, appease , or fr. sub under + plicare to fold, whence the idea of bending the knees . Cf. 1. To
• DIRECT CURRENT
  A current flowing in one direction only; -- distinguished from alternating current. When steady and not pulsating a direct current is often called a continuous current. A direct induced current, or momentary current of the same direction as the
• PROMPT-BOOK
  The book used by a prompter of a theater.
• DIVORCEABLE
  Capable of being divorced.
• DIRECTER
  One who directs; a director. Directer plane , the plane to which all right-lined elements in a warped surface are parallel.
• SUGGESTER
  One who suggests. Beau. & Fl.
• SUGGEST
  1. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects. Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. Locke. 2. To propose with difference or modesty;
• PERSUADER
  One who, or that which, persuades or influences. "Powerful persuaders." Milton.
• DIVIDER
  An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses. Note: The word dividers is usually applied to the instrument as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; compasses to the coarser instrument used by carpenters.
• ENACTMENT
  1. The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law. 2. That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as,
• ALLOTTABLE
  Capable of being allotted.
• DIVIDEND
  A number or quantity which is to be divided. (more info) 1. A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated
• DISSEVER
  To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse. The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of therm never met again. Sir P. Sidney. States disserved, discordant, belligerent. D. Webster. (more info)
• PERSUADED
  Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced. -- Per*suad"ed*ly, adv. -- Per*suad"ed*ness, n.
• INSTRUCTRESS
  A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.
• ALLOTRIOPHAGY
  A depraved appetite; a desire for improper food.
• SUGGESTRESS
  A woman who suggests. "The suggestress of suicides." De Quincey.
• PROPOSER
  1. One who proposes or offers anything for consideration or adoption. 2. A speaker; an orator. Shak.
• COMMANDING
  1. Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer. 2. Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence. 3. Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position. Syn.
• INCONSEQUENCE
  The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness. Bp. Stillingfleet. Strange, that you should not see the inconsequence of your own reasoning! Bp. Hurd.
• PREINSTRUCT
  To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.
• IMBORDER
  To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
• MISFORTUNED
  Unfortunate.
• IMMIGRANT
  One who immigrates; one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence; -- correlative of emigrant. Syn. -- See Emigrant.