decree
noun
a formal and authoritative order, especially one having the force of law.
was decreeing
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past progressiveof decree.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“The defendant in the case was decreeing the sanction. I never heard of a defendant in any system turning into a judge as Antonio did.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2016
Germany, with its troops in readiness under the pretext of manoeuvres, was decreeing the state of "threatened war."
From The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
Whilst the National Assembly was decreeing, decreeing, decreeing, the people were acting.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by H. T. Ryde
