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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [deːˈkɛr.noː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [deˈt͡ʃɛr.no]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''dēcernō''' (present infinitive dēcernere, perfect active dēcrēvī, supine dēcrētum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+ Syncopated forms such as ''dēcrēsse'' and ''dēcrērō'' are common, especially in Cicero and Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[dē-]] and [[cernō]] “to sift, decide”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of announcing a decision.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to announce as one's judgement, as in Plautus, to bring an issue to a decision, fight it out, as in Cicero, and to determine a question, as in Pliny the Elder.^(OLD 2012) In Cicero it meant to decide on a course of action, and of the senate and magistrates to decree, ordain; of a senator it meant to vote for a proposal.^(OLD 2012)
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+ It survives in Italian ''decernere'' and French ''décerner'' “to award”.^(Wiktionary) Its participle ''dēcrētum'' gave [[en|decree]] in the early 14th century, at first ecclesiastical.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of decrees and decisive battles.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 14th century – English ''decree'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To settle, fight out.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|decide]], determine.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To judge, pronounce.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|decree]], ordain.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To vote for.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[dēcrētiō]]
+ * [[dēcrētōrius]]
+ * [[dēcrētum]]
+ * [[condēcernō]]
+ * [[dēcrētus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[cernō]]
+ * [[concernō]]
+ * [[dēcrētālis]]
+ * [[discernō]]
+ * [[excernō]]
+ * [[incernō]]
+ * [[sēcernō]]
+ * [[en|decree]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}