different between stipulate vs decree

English

Etymology 1

From Latin stipul?tus, perfect active participle of stipulor (“I demand a guarantee”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?pju?le?t/, /?st?pj??le?t/

Verb

stipulate (third-person singular simple present stipulates, present participle stipulating, simple past and past participle stipulated)

1. (transitive) To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
   • 2003, Yoko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor:

     My contract stipulated that I would make dinner for him at six o'clock and leave at seven after finishing the dishes; but the Professor began objecting to this schedule as soon as my son arrived on the scene.

2. (transitive) To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.
3. (transitive, formal, law) To acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.
4. (intransitive, followed by for) To ask for a contractual term.
5. (intransitive, formal, law) To mutually agree.

Derived terms

• stipulated
• stipulative

Related terms

• stipulation

Translations

Etymology 2

stipule +? -ate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?pj?l?t/

Adjective

stipulate (not comparable)

1. (botany) Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.

Antonyms

• exstipulate

Translations

Italian

Verb

stipulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of stipulare
2. second-person plural imperative of stipulare
3. feminine plural of stipulato

Latin

Participle

stipul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of stipul?tus

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)

1. An edict or law.
2. (law) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
3. (law) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
4. (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)

1. 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

1. Alternative form of decre