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 →

2) (Bible, old) Something decreed is fixed and must happen. tree →

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 →
• Caesar Augustus decreed that everyone must be counted. tree →
• The council decreed that dogs must be on leads. tree →
• It was decreed that no one could leave. tree →
• The queen decreed a feast. tree →
• The emperor decreed that the bridge be built. tree →
• So the King had decreed that whoever should succeed in making her laugh should marry her. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «decreed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.