Meaning & use
Decreed
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Officially ordered or ruled something by decree.
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The king decreed that taxes would be halved for the coming year.
The judge decreed that the property be divided equally.
A note on using this word
Implies an authoritative, often irreversible pronouncement, commonly by a ruler, court, or governing body.
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