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Capable of being decreed.

One who decrees. J. Goodwin.

The final judgment of the Court of Session, or of an inferior court, by which the question at issue is decided.

A step, stair, or staircase. [Obs.] By ladders, or else by degree. Rom. of R.

To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance. They reject the plainest sense of Scripture, because it seems disagree with what they call reason. Atterbury.

Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; Preach you truly the doctrine which you have received, and each nothing that is disagreeable thereunto. Udall.

The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness.

In a disagreeable manner; unsuitably; offensively.

Disagreement. [Obs.]

The state of disagreeing; a being at variance; dissimilitude; diversity.

One who disagrees. Hammond.

ans to ends; prudent; sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious. It is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to society. Addison. Satire 's my weapon, but I 'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. Pope. The sea is silent…

A game played with it. [Written also jereed, jerrid, etc.]

A European marine fish (Zeus faber), of a yellow color. See Illust. of John Doree.

A doorpost. [Obs.] "As dead as a doretree." Piers Plowman.

The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached.

To endure; to suffer. [Scot.]

A coarse kind of unbleached cotton stuff. [Written also dungari.] [India]

See Afrit.

To set free. [Obs.] "The enfreed Antenor." Shak.