Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to decree
Participle: decreed
Gerund: decreeing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | decree |
| you | decree |
| he;she;it | decrees |
| we | decree |
| you | decree |
| they | decree |
Perfect
| I | have decreed |
| you | have decreed |
| he;she;it | has decreed |
| we | have decreed |
| you | have decreed |
| they | have decreed |
Past
| I | decreed |
| you | decreed |
| he;she;it | decreed |
| we | decreed |
| you | decreed |
| they | decreed |
Pluperfect
| I | had decreed |
| you | had decreed |
| he;she;it | had decreed |
| we | had decreed |
| you | had decreed |
| they | had decreed |
Future
| I | will decree |
| you | will decree |
| he;she;it | will decree |
| we | will decree |
| you | will decree |
| they | will decree |
Future Perfect
| I | will have decreed |
| you | will have decreed |
| he;she;it | will have decreed |
| we | will have decreed |
| you | will have decreed |
| they | will have decreed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | decree |
| you | decree |
| he;she;it | decree |
| we | decree |
| you | decree |
| they | decree |
Perfect
| I | have decreed |
| you | have decreed |
| he;she;it | have decreed |
| we | have decreed |
| you | have decreed |
| they | have decreed |
Imperfect
| I | decreed |
| you | decreed |
| he;she;it | decreed |
| we | decreed |
| you | decreed |
| they | decreed |
Pluperfect
| I | had decreed |
| you | had decreed |
| he;she;it | had decreed |
| we | had decreed |
| you | had decreed |
| they | had decreed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would decree |
| you | would decree |
| he;she;it | would decree |
| we | would decree |
| you | would decree |
| they | would decree |
Perfect
| I | would have decreed |
| you | would have decreed |
| he;she;it | would have decreed |
| we | would have decreed |
| you | would have decreed |
| they | would have decreed |
Imperative
| you | decree |
| we | Let's decree |
| you | decree |
Verbs conjugated like 'decree'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'decree'
decrew,
becreep,
befree,
decage,
decede,
decide,
decode,
decoke,
decore,
decream,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1303, from O.Fr. decre, variant of decret, from L. decretum, neut. of decretus, pp. of decernere "to decree, decide, pronounce a decision," from de- + cernere "to separate" (see crisis).
2. From Middle English decre, decree, from Old French decré (French décret), from Latin dēcrētum.
Sample Sentences
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A court decrees a restoration of property.
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Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 22:28:]
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In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea. [1797, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Kubla Khan: Or A Vision in a Dream”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], published 1816, →OCLC, page 55:]
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The Nhasangs themselves are from Ngaba, which is in the Amdo region of northeastern Tibetan, a cultural borderland where Tibetan and Sichuan traditions meet. China has decreed that Ngaba is within Sichuan Province. [2022 November 8, Pete Wells, “Restaurant Review: Why Does This Tibetan Kitchen Also Cook Sichuan Food?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2022, Food:]