Decreeing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Decree \De*cree"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decreed}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Decreeing}.]
     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.


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              Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be
              established unto thee.                --Job xxii.
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     2. To ordain by fate.
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