Reference meaning
decern
Last updated
To decide or determine (a matter disputed or doubtful), with simple object, with infinitive or object clause, or intransitive.
Other meanings
2. verb
To decree by judicial sentence that something be done.
3. verb
To decree a person etc. to be or to do something by judicial sentence. (in the phrase “to decern in”, obsolete) To mulct in by decree of court.
4. verb
To discern; to distinguish or separate by differences (things that differ, or one thing from another).
Source and scope
This definition is reproduced from English Wiktionary, sense en-decern-en-verb-nBoWzdT4, under the CC BY-SA 4.0. It has not yet received VocabularyBase editorial review. Read the source and license details.