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Berlin decree
Continental system Continental system (Hist.) The system of commercial blockade aiming to exclude England from commerce with the Continent instituted by the Berlin decree, which Napoleon I. issued from Berlin Nov. 21, 1806, declaring the British Isles to be in a state of blockade, and British subjects, property, and merchandise subject to capture, and excluding British ships from all parts of Europe under French dominion. The retaliatory measures of England were followed by the Milan decree, issued by Napoleon from Milan Dec. 17, 1807, imposing further restrictions, and declaring every ship going to or from a port of England or her colonies to be lawful prize.
Decrease
Decrease De*crease", n. [OE. decrees, OF. decreis, fr. decreistre. See Decrease, v.] 1. A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength. 2. The wane of the moon. --Bacon.
Decreaseless
Decreaseless De*crease"less, a. Suffering no decrease. [R.] It [the river] flows and flows, and yet will flow, Volume decreaseless to the final hour. --A. Seward.
Decreasing
Decreasing De*creas"ing, a. Becoming less and less; diminishing. -- De*creas"ing*ly, adv. Decreasing series (Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding term.
Decreasing series
Decreasing De*creas"ing, a. Becoming less and less; diminishing. -- De*creas"ing*ly, adv. Decreasing series (Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding term.
Decreasingly
Decreasing De*creas"ing, a. Becoming less and less; diminishing. -- De*creas"ing*ly, adv. Decreasing series (Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding term.
Decreation
Decreation De`cre*a"tion, n. Destruction; -- opposed to creation. [R.] --Cudworth.
Decree
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. Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee. --Job xxii. 28. 2. To ordain by fate.
Decree
Decree De*cree", v. i. To make decrees; -- used absolutely. Father eternal! thine is to decree; Mine, both in heaven and earth to do thy will. --Milton.
Decreeable
Decreeable De*cree"a*ble, a. Capable of being decreed.
Decreed
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. Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee. --Job xxii. 28. 2. To ordain by fate.
Decreeing
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. Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee. --Job xxii. 28. 2. To ordain by fate.
Decreer
Decreer De*cre"er, n. One who decrees. --J. Goodwin.
Decreet
Decreet De*creet", n. [Cf. Decree.] (Scots Law) The final judgment of the Court of Session, or of an inferior court, by which the question at issue is decided.
Decrement
Decrement Dec"re*ment, n. [L. decrementum, fr. decrescere. See Decrease.] 1. The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss. Twit me with the decrements of my pendants. --Ford. Rocks, mountains, and the other elevations of the earth suffer a continual decrement. --Woodward. 2. The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; -- opposed to increment. 3. (Crystallog.) A name given by Ha["u]y to the successive diminution of the layers of molecules, applied to the faces of the primitive form, by which he supposed the secondary forms to be produced. 4. (Math.) The quantity by which a variable is diminished. Equal decrement of life. (a) The decrease of life in a group of persons in which the assumed law of mortality is such that of a given large number of persons, all being now of the same age, an equal number shall die each consecutive year. (b) The decrease of life in a group of persons in which the assumed law of mortality is such that the ratio of those dying in a year to those living through the year is constant, being independent of the age of the persons.
Decrepitate
Decrepitate De*crep"i*tate, v. i. To crackle, as salt in roasting.
Decrepitness
Decrepitness De*crep"it*ness, n. Decrepitude. [R.] --Barrow.
Decrescendo
Decrescendo De`cres*cen"do, a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indicated by the sign.
Decrescent
Decrescent De*cres"cent, a. [L. decrescens, p. pr. of decrescere. See Decrease.] Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon.
Decrescent
Decrescent De*cres"cent, n. (Her.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister. --Cussans.
Decretal
Decretal De*cre"tal, a. [L. decretalis, fr. decretum. See Decree.] Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle. --Ayliffe.
Decretal
Decretal De*cre"tal, n. [LL. decretale, neut. of L. decretalis. See Decretal, a.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) An authoritative order or decree; especially, a letter of the pope, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law. The decretals form the second part of the canon law. 2. (Canon Law) The collection of ecclesiastical decrees and decisions made, by order of Gregory IX., in 1234, by St. Raymond of Pennafort.
Decrete
Decrete De*crete", n. [L. decretum. See Decree.] A decree. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Decretion
Decretion De*cre"tion, n. [From L. decrescere, decretum. See Decrease.] A decrease. [Obs.] --Pearson.
Decretive
Decretive De*cre"tive, a. [From L. decretum. See Decree, n.] Having the force of a decree; determining. The will of God is either decretive or perceptive. --Bates.
Decretorial
Decretorial Dec`re*to"ri*al, a. Decretory; authoritative. --Sir T. Browne.
Decretorily
Decretorily Dec"re*to*ri*ly, adv. In a decretory or definitive manner; by decree.
Decretory
Decretory Dec"re*to*ry, a. [L. decretorius, from decretum. See Decree.] 1. Established by a decree; definitive; settled. The decretory rigors of a condemning sentence. --South. 2. Serving to determine; critical. ``The critical or decretory days.' --Sir T. Browne.
Equal decrement of life
Decrement Dec"re*ment, n. [L. decrementum, fr. decrescere. See Decrease.] 1. The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss. Twit me with the decrements of my pendants. --Ford. Rocks, mountains, and the other elevations of the earth suffer a continual decrement. --Woodward. 2. The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; -- opposed to increment. 3. (Crystallog.) A name given by Ha["u]y to the successive diminution of the layers of molecules, applied to the faces of the primitive form, by which he supposed the secondary forms to be produced. 4. (Math.) The quantity by which a variable is diminished. Equal decrement of life. (a) The decrease of life in a group of persons in which the assumed law of mortality is such that of a given large number of persons, all being now of the same age, an equal number shall die each consecutive year. (b) The decrease of life in a group of persons in which the assumed law of mortality is such that the ratio of those dying in a year to those living through the year is constant, being independent of the age of the persons.
Milan decree
Continental system Continental system (Hist.) The system of commercial blockade aiming to exclude England from commerce with the Continent instituted by the Berlin decree, which Napoleon I. issued from Berlin Nov. 21, 1806, declaring the British Isles to be in a state of blockade, and British subjects, property, and merchandise subject to capture, and excluding British ships from all parts of Europe under French dominion. The retaliatory measures of England were followed by the Milan decree, issued by Napoleon from Milan Dec. 17, 1807, imposing further restrictions, and declaring every ship going to or from a port of England or her colonies to be lawful prize.

Meaning of Decre from wikipedia

- Decré, named after the large family of merchants who founded it, is the first department store in the city of Nantes. When its new building opened in...
- Denis Decrès (18 June 1761 – 7 December 1820) was a French Navy officer and nobleman. Decrès was born in Châteauvillain, Haute-Marne on 18 June 1761 and...
- by Louis de Freycinet after Baudin's death referred to the Island as Île Decres. A community of sealers and escaped convicts existed on Kangaroo Island...
- Decres Bay is a sheltered natural harbor south-east of Ceduna in South Australia. It was used for the export of wheat via transshipping prior to 1914....
- 33 West 55th Street in Manhattan. The restaurant was established by Fred Decré and Robert Meyzen, with Roger Fessaguet as head chef, and took its name...
- Prosecution Service. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2020. Goedgebeur, Helen; Decré, Hanne (25 January 2018). "Raadkamer verwijst verdachte van aanslag op Joods...
- Samaritaine, building 2 (1928) Building 3 of La Samaritaine (1930) The Decré department store in Nantes (1931) In 1930, Sauvage became engaged in his...
- the command of Admiral Brueys and Contre-amirals Villeneuve, Du Chayla, Decrès and Ganteaume. The fleet was about to set sail when a crisis developed with...
- Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016. Decre, Hanne; Willems, Fr**** (October 1, 2020). "Evenveel mannen als vrouwen en...
- August 1801, frustrating Admiral Horatio Nelson himself. Admiral Denis Decrès, an able administrator but unfortunately more of a courtier than a naval...