decree
/dɪˈkɹiː/ verb C2- To command, especially by a decree. · A court decrees a restoration of property.
He/she/it decrees · Past decreed · Past participle decreed · -ing form decreeing
Verb forms
- Base form
- decree
- He/she/it
- decrees
- Past
- decreed
- Past participle
- decreed
- -ing form
- decreeing
From the library
Danglars comprehended the full extent of the wretched fate that overwhelmed Dantès; and, when Napoleon returned to France, he, after the manner of mediocre minds, termed the coincidence, a decree of Providence.
Let them know, on the contrary, that their punishment, which had been decreed by Providence, is only delayed by my present determination, and although they escape it in this world, it awaits them in another, and that they are only exchanging time for eternity.”
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