different between specify vs decree
specify
English
Etymology
From Old French specifier, especefier, or directly from Medieval Latin specific?, from specificus (“specific”).
Pronunciation
- (UK)IPA(key): /?sp?s.?.fa?/
- (US)IPA(key): /?sp?s.??fa?/
- Hyphenation: spe?ci?fy
Verb
specify (third-person singular simple present specifies, present participle specifying, simple past and past participle specified)
- (transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
- (transitive) To include in a specification.
- (transitive) To bring about a specific result.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To speak explicitly or in detail (often used with of).
Synonyms
- explicitize
- disambiguate
Derived terms
- above-specified
Related terms
- specifiable
- specific
- specification
Translations
specify From the web:
- what specify means
- what specify the space in the vehicle
- what specify number
- what does specify mean
- what is the definition of specify
decree
English
Etymology
From Middle English decre, decree, from Old French decré (French décret), from Latin d?cr?tum.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??k?i?/
Noun
decree (plural decrees)
- An edict or law.
- (law) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
- (law) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
- (religion) A predetermination made by God; an act of providence.
Derived terms
- consent decree
- decree nisi
- final decree
- interlocutory decree
Translations
Verb
decree (third-person singular simple present decrees, present participle decreeing, simple past and past participle decreed)
- To command by a decree.
- A court decrees a restoration of property.
- Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee.
Translations
Anagrams
- recede
Middle English
Noun
decree
- Alternative form of decre
decree From the web:
- what decree does the prince make
- what decree mean
- what degree does napoleon issue
- what decree did clement issue and why
- what decree stopped the persecution when was it
- what degree does napoleon make
- what decree nisi means
- what decree is divorce
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