1. (n.)decree a formal order usu. having the force of law.
2. decree a judicial decision or order.
3. decree one of the eternal purposes of God, by which events are foreordained.
4. (v.i.)decree to command, ordain, or decide by or as if by decree.
Etymology: (1275–1325; < L dēcrētum)
Definition of 'decree'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
2. (verb)decree issue a decree "The King only can decree"
3. (verb)rule, decree decide with authority "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"
Definition of 'decree'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)decree an order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative ru// decision
4. (noun)decree an edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils
5. (verb)decree 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
Definitions of decree 
Afrikaans: verordening, bevel, gebod
Arabic: مَرْسوم
Bulgarian: заповед
Brazilian: decreto
Czech: nařízení, předpis
German: der Erlaß
Danish: dekret; forordning; befal
Greek: διάταγμα
Spanish: decreto
Estonian: määrus, eeskiri
Farsi: حکم؛ فرمان
Finnish: määräys
French: décret, arrêté
Hebrew: צָו
Hindi: कानूनी आदेश
Croatian: odredba, naredba
Hungarian: rendelet
Indonesian: dekrit
Icelandic: tilskipun,úrskurður
Italian: decreto
Japanese: 法令
Korean: 법령
Lithuanian: įsakas, potvarkis
Latvian: dekrēts; lēmums
Malay: perintah
Dutch: decreet
Norwegian: påbud, forbud, bestemmels
Polish: rozporządzenie, dekret
Persian: حکم؛ فرمان
Pashto: فرمان: عدلى فيصله: حكم
Portuguese: decreto
Romanian: decret, sentinţă
Russian: указ; закон
Slovak: nariadenie
Slovenian: odlok
Serbian: dekret
Swedish: dekret, påbud
Thai: พระราชกฤษฎีกา
Turkish: emir, ferman
Taiwanese: 法令，政令
Ukrainian: декрет, указ
Urdu: فرمان
Vietnamese: sắc lệnh
Chinese: 法令，政令
