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# decreed

«decreed» in Mova's school dictionary: **If a ruler or government decreed something, they gave an…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form (decree, decrees, decreed, decreeing); noun decree

### meaning for a pupil

1) If a ruler or government decreed something, they gave an official order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decreed/#m1)

2) (Bible, old) Something decreed is fixed and must happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decreed/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

History and Bible stories («Caesar Augustus decreed that all the world should be counted»), fairy tales, law.

### examples

- The king decreed a holiday for all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decreed/#x1)
- Caesar Augustus decreed that everyone must be counted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decreed/#x2)
- The council decreed that dogs must be on leads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decreed/#x3)
- It was decreed that no one could leave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decreed/#x4)
- The queen decreed a feast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decreed/#x5)
- The emperor decreed that the bridge be built. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decreed/#x6)
- So the King had decreed that whoever should succeed in making her laugh should marry her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decreed/#x7)

### note

Past of decree: decreed (three e's in a row). Noun: a decree. Formal and old-fashioned.

### In the corpora

- [Lest they drink, and forget that which is decreed, and pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.902/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «decreed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/decreed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.