Noun : a presidential decree.    From Dictionary.com. 

Y: Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side] Reference

I mean think about it, Iraq didnt even exist til britain decreed itds boundaries?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » VIDEO: Sen. Levin and Fox Anchor in On-Air Scuffle Over Iraq Plan] Reference

A reversionary term decreed (though reluctante curia) to be sold for rais - ing a daughter's portion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, and of some special cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench [1695-1735]] Reference

“The only touchdown will be for the final pickup,” the captain decreed, “when everybody and everything is ready.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2010-02-01] Reference

Till the term decreed for birth?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference

What business is it of ours to enforce what Stalin decreed, especially when the inhabitants don’t seem to want to be part of Georgia?.    From Wordnik.com.  [War Doesn’t End With Treaties « Antiwar.com Blog] Reference

A term decreed my lot I 'spy, viii.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arabian nights. English] Reference

Village level Panchayat was held immediately after the gory incident and it was 'decreed' that nobody would utter a word about it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Khairlanji : All Nero's Brethren] Reference

"decreed," like Kubla Khan, "a stately pleasure dome," to entertain his friends and partisans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clarence] Reference

Has fate decreed they fall in love again, and die again?.    From Wordnik.com.  [To Live And Die And Live Again In La.] Reference

He decreed that Turks abandon the fez for European fedoras.    From Wordnik.com.  [Europe's Orphan] Reference

Kennedy decreed that modern-day Marine officers meet the same standard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Welcome to the Family] Reference

They even decreed that she could no longer travel in a car with tinted glass!.    From Wordnik.com.  [‘Triumph Turned into Tragedy’] Reference

But the government has decreed that that number should grow to 500,000 by 2010.    From Wordnik.com.  [Organization Woman] Reference

He quickly decreed a draconian austerity program to tame rampant hyperinflation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Price Of Success In Peru] Reference

Some decreed that McCain had landed the most punches, racked up the most points.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Debates] Reference

For example, he decreed that 3 million trees be planted in the city, and up they went.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rule Breaker] Reference

Inside the Dome, the exhibits were decreed by almost everybody to be less than amazing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why The Dome Was A Dud] Reference

Parker is livid that the Writers 'Guild has decreed that he share the screenplay credit with Stone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Madonna Tangos With Evita] Reference

But the government has decreed a "temporary" ban on dismissals, which is renewed each time it expires.    From Wordnik.com.  [Out For Revenge?] Reference

For weeks he decreed no end to the war until Saddam Hussein waved a white flag for all the world to see.    From Wordnik.com.  [After The Storm] Reference

To get in shape, he decreed, his daily schedule henceforth had to be built around 90 minutes of exercise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Revenge Of The Right] Reference

We have decreed it a "safe haven," put blue helmets on French soldiers and sent them there to protect it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Counting The Living] Reference

And earlier this year Minneapolis decreed that the city's voluminous Target Center arena will have one too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Going Green on Top] Reference

Then the news: the high court decreed that the manual recount in three heavily Democratic counties could go forward.    From Wordnik.com.  [War Of The Weary] Reference

Instead of integrating its school systems, as Brown had decreed, South Carolina maneuvered to keep segregation alive.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Dream Deferred] Reference

Applying what they said was Islamic law, the Taliban decreed that men must be bearded and women veiled from head to toe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Going Home] Reference

Some images from September 11 are so disturbing that the networks have rightly decreed that they will not broadcast them again.    From Wordnik.com.  [It Was A Precedent-Setting Year For Tv] Reference

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, had decreed that the protests stop, but nobody at that point was sure they would.    From Wordnik.com.  [118 Days, 12 Hours, 54 Minutes] Reference

The fact that the INS had decreed that he no longer had custody of Elian imposed no duty on him to go anywhere to surrender Elian.    From Wordnik.com.  [Compassionate Liberalism] Reference

The Marines popped open a few cans of ancient German beer that had been slumbering under a thick layer of dust -- and decreed it drinkable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kabul Time Capsule] Reference