deˈcrete
1. = decree 4 a. [A special adaptation of L. decrētum.]
| 1832 Austin Jurispr. (1879) II. xxviii. 534 The most important..of these special constitutions were those decretes and rescripts which were made by the Emperors..a decrete being an order made on a regular appeal from the judgment of a lower tribunal. |
2. Obs. var. of decreet.