· 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"
Synonym(s): edict, fiat, order, rescript
· issue a decree; "The King only can decree"
Hypernym(s): declare
· decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"
Synonym(s): rule
Hypernym(s): decide, make_up_one%27s_mind, determine