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decrés1 (1171-74)
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decrés1 (1171-74)

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decrece,  decreis;  descrees,  descreez,  descrés,  descresce,  descresse;  discrees,  discresce  (decroi)  
  FEW:  decretum 3,26b Gdf:  decret 2 2,450b GdfC:  decret 9,284c TL: decret 2,1263 DEAF:  croistre (descrois)  DMF:  décret  TLF:  décret  OED:  decree n.  MED:  decre n.  DMLBS:  decretum 581b

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1decrease, diminution: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  descrees de teriene honour ou encrees de vilenie honte  Mir Just 21
( 1321 )  Ceo taillage chet en cresse e en descresse  YBB Ed II xxvi 163
2decline, decay: 
( c.1276 )  E pur la bessement (l. l’abessement?) e les descreys del estat del eveschié [...]  PONTISSARA ii 664.24
( 1353 )  destourbance, defesance ou descrees des dites estaples  Stats i 342 xxv
3failing, lapse: 
( MS: 1272-82 )  vous (= St. Peter) plourastes tendrement pur vostre decroi  Digby 86 stengel 81
a, en decrés de
1(leading) to the loss of: 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  ke eles (=dairymaids) ne aportent hors furmages, ne bure [...] en le apeyrement de la daerie, ne en decrés del furmage  HENLEY2 278.c43
( 1313-14 )  ceo cherreit en descrés du maner en sa meyn  YBB Ed II vii 210
2to the detriment of: 
( 1318-22 )  […] en descrés et desheritaunce de li et de sa corone  Affairs of Ireland 108
( 1321 )  ce qe chiet en descresse du Roi ne put estre sofert  YBB Ed II xxvi 163
( 1330 )  en prejudice de Roi & descrees de son burgh  Rot Parl1 ii 40
( 1337 )  cele demande est proprement en descrés de l’estat nostre seignour le Roi  Rot Parl1 ii 96
( 1442 )  a graunde decrece & disaveil de Vous (=the king)  Rot Parl1 v 54
turner en decrés
to damage, bring low: 
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Del tut esteit turnee saint’ iglise en decreis  Becket1 5835

See also:

disencrees 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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