0 present participle of decree
1 to officially decide or order that something must happen:
They decreed an end to discrimination on grounds of age.
[ + that ] After the earthquake, the government decreed that all new buildings must be built according to the new standards.
At the same time, he supported his local allies by decreeing states of siege to allow electoral manipulation.
There might be a case for decreeing that fertility treatment for women over 55, for example, should not be allowed.
It is no use at all decreeing that development shall take place irrespective of the national resources which are available to pay for it.
We are also decreeing that a way of life that has been honoured in this country for centuries should come to an end.
Parliament does not flinch from decreeing heavy penalties for evil crimes.
They seem to be decreeing that this should be the end of long leases, no matter how or when they were arrived at, between whom, or under what circumstances.
Does he mean retroactively decreeing that everyone serving a given sentence shall be deemed to have been sentenced to half that term, with some prisoners due for release?
The petition resulted in the conference decreeing the creation of the monument to victims of repressions.
