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decree

English

  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. 🔊 issue a decree
    “The King only can decree”
  3. 🔊 decide with authority
    “The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 decreto decree
  2. 🔊 decretar to decree

Similar words

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