| 单词 |
decretion |
| 释义 |
† deˈcretion Obs. Also 7 decresion. [n. of action from L. dēcrēt-, ppl. stem of dēcrēscĕre to decrease: cf. accretion, concretion. (Not used in L., which had a different dēcrētio from dēcernĕre to decree.)] Decrease, diminution.
1635Swan Spec. M. iv. §2 (1643) 68 The clouds..by descending make no greater augmentation then the decresion was in their ascending. 1659Pearson Creed (1839) 73 By which decretion we might guess at a former increase. |

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