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. Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee. Job xxii. 28.
2. To ordain by fate.
DECREE
De*cree", v. i.
Defn: To make decrees; — used absolutely. Father eternal! thine is to decree; Mine, both in heaven and earth to do thy will. Milton.
DECREEABLE
De*cree"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being decreed.
DECREER
De*cre"er, n.
Defn: One who decrees. J. Goodwin.
DECREET
De*creet", n. Etym: [Cf. Decree.] (Scots Law)
Defn: The final judgment of the Court of Session, or of an inferior court, by which the question at issue is decided.