n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: de · creed ; de · cree · ing
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 : to command or enjoin by or as if by decree < decree an amnesty>
2 : to determine or order judicially < decree a punishment>
intransitive verb : ORDAIN
– de · cre · er \ - ' kr ē - ə r \ noun