Decreed

Y: Never did We destroy a population that had not a term decreed and assigned beforehand. ❋ Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1902)

“The only touchdown will be for the final pickup,” the captain decreed, “when everybody and everything is ready.” ❋ Blue Tyson (2010)

Stunney and his minion Zoskie et al. believe that whatever their fantasy infallible God has decreed is objective. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I mean think about it, Iraq didnt even exist til britain decreed itds boundaries? ❋ Unknown (2006)

A new Government Accountability Office report shows that retail gas prices have risen faster than crude oil prices, and local Exxon dealers have complained anonymously that higher prices are being “decreed from the top.” ❋ Unknown (2005)

A major US chain decreed that it would not be ordering any hardcovers that cost more than approx. $25 if they weren't by, say, Stephen King. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Unto every nation is a fixed term decreed; when their term therefore is expired, they shall not have respite for an hour, neither shall their punishment be anticipated. ❋ George Sale (1716)

A reversionary term decreed (though reluctante curia) to be sold for rais - ing a daughter's portion. ❋ Unknown (1790)

"A term decreed my lot I 'spy; * And, when its days shall end, I die. ❋ Anonymous (1855)

What business is it of ours to enforce what Stalin decreed, especially when the inhabitants don’t seem to want to be part of Georgia? ❋ Unknown (2008)

We have before us the birth of matter at the Almighty's fiat; and we close the work with the salvation and ecstasy -- described as decreed from the Beginning -- of whatever creature hath been given a spiritual existence, and made a spiritual subject and agency. ❋ Charles Dudley Warner (1864)

Village level Panchayat was held immediately after the gory incident and it was 'decreed' that nobody would utter a word about it. ❋ Abhay N (2006)

a novel and erroneous expression decreed two natures in Christ. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

I have decided (and when I decide things, they have a tendency to become economically true, not by the fact I've "decreed" them, but that I've already realized the economic reality of the situation and merely point it out) that children are now officially priced out of the market. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"decreed," like Kubla Khan, "a stately pleasure dome," to entertain his friends and partisans. ❋ Bret Harte (1869)

"In regard to everything else contained in this petition and report from father Fray Diego Aduarte, let that be decreed which is fitting to the service of God and his Majesty."] (Most Powerful Sire: I, Fray Gabriel de San Antonio [14], vicar of the religious who by order of your Highness are to go this year to the ❋ Edward Gaylord Bourne (1884)

The Ten Commandments is a sacred text in many religions, including mine, and it conveys a message that is thoroughly and essentially religious: there is a God and that God has decreed rules for behavior. ❋ Erwin Chemerinsky (2010)

Alabama was so determined to resist the end of Jim Crow education, as decreed by Brown v. ❋ Erwin Chemerinsky (2010)

About two weeks ago, the Department of Defense decreed that surplus military ammo would no longer be sold to the public. ❋ Unknown (2009)