From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Decree \De*cree"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decreed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Decreeing.]
1. 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.
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Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be
established unto thee. --Job xxii.
28.
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2. To ordain by fate.
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