dekretera
Swedish
Etymology
From dekret + -era, from French décréter, cognate with Dutch decreteeren and German dekretieren, used in Swedish since 1619.
Verb
dekretera (present dekreterar, preterite dekreterade, supine dekreterat, imperative dekretera)
- to decree, command by decree
- Samtidigt med krigsutbrottet dekreterades absolut brännvinsförbud.
- At the outbreak of war, an absolute ban on brandy was decreed.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of dekretera (weak)
Synonyms
References
- dekretera in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
- dekretera in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
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