DECREE


Meaning of DECREE in English

I

n.

1) to enact; issue a ~

2) to rescind, revoke a ~

3) a consent (legal); divorce; executive; government; royal ~

4) a ~ that + clause; subj. (we had to obey the ~ that beards be/should be shaved off)

II

v. ( formal ) ( L ; may be subj. ) the government ~d that a new tax be/should be imposed; the government ~d that it was illegal to traffic in furs

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.