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adverse
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adjective
(= untoward)
contrary to your interests or welfare
adverse circumstances
made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions
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adjective
(= contrary)
in an opposing direction
adverse currents
a contrary wind
decree
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noun
(= order)
a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
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verb
issue a decree
The King only can decree
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verb
decide with authority
The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed