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decree
noun
1 an emergency presidential decree:
order, edict, command, commandment, mandate, proclamation, dictum, fiat, promulgation, precept;
law, statute, act, bill, ordinance, regulation, rule, injunction, enactment, manifesto;
in Tsarist Russia ukase;
in Spanish-speaking countries pronunciamento;
rare firman, decretal, irade, rescript.
2 the council succeeded in obtaining a court decree against him:
judgment, verdict, adjudication, ruling, rule, resolution, arbitration, decision, conclusion;
findings.
verb
the government decreed that a new national stadium should be built:
order, command, rule, dictate, lay down, prescribe, pronounce, proclaim, ordain;
enact, adjudge, enjoin, direct, decide, determine.