Decrepitate
(De*crep"i*tate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decrepitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decrepitating.] [Cf. F.
décrépiter.] To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt.
Decrepitate
(De*crep"i*tate), v. i. To crackle, as salt in roasting.
Decrepitation
(De*crep`i*ta"tion) n. [Cf. F. décrépitation.] The act of decrepitating; a crackling noise,
such as salt makes when roasting.
Decrepitness
(De*crep"it*ness) n. Decrepitude. [R.] Barrow.
Decrepitude
(De*crep"i*tude) n. [Cf. F. décrépitude.] The broken state produced by decay and the infirmities
of age; infirm old age.
Decrescendo
(||De`cres*cen"do) a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) With decreasing volume of sound; — a direction
to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indicated by the sign.
Decrescent
(De*cres"cent) a. [L. decrescens, p. pr. of decrescere. See Decrease.] Becoming less
by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon.
Decrescent
(De*cres"cent), n. (Her.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister. Cussans.
Decretal
(De*cre"tal) a. [L. decretalis, fr. decretum. See Decree.] Appertaining to a decree; containing
a decree; as, a decretal epistle. Ayliffe.
Decretal
(De*cre"tal), n. [LL. decretale, neut. of L. decretalis. See Decretal, a.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) An authoritative order or decree; especially, a letter of the pope, determining some point
or question in ecclesiastical law. The decretals form the second part of the canon law.
2. (Canon Law) The collection of ecclesiastical decrees and decisions made, by order of Gregory IX.,
in 1234, by St. Raymond of Pennafort.
Decrete
(De*crete") n. [L. decretum. See Decree.] A decree. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Decretion
(De*cre"tion) n. [From L. decrescere, decretum. See Decrease.] A decrease. [Obs.] Pearson.
Decretist
(De*cre"tist) n. [LL. decretista, fr. decretum: cf. F. décrétiste. See Decree, n.] One who
studies, or professes the knowledge of, the decretals.
Decretive
(De*cre"tive) a. [From L. decretum. See Decree, n.] Having the force of a decree; determining.
The will of God is either decretive or perceptive.
Bates. Decretorial
(Dec`re*to"ri*al) a. Decretory; authoritative. Sir T. Browne.
Decretorily
(Dec"re*to*ri*ly) adv. In a decretory or definitive manner; by decree.
Decretory
(Dec"re*to*ry) a. [L. decretorius, from decretum. See Decree.]
1. Established by a decree; definitive; settled.
The decretory rigors of a condemning sentence.
South. 2. Serving to determine; critical. "The critical or decretory days." Sir T. Browne.
Decrew
(De*crew") v. i. [F. décrue, n., decrease, and décru, p. p. of décroître. See Decrease, and cf.
Accrue.] To decrease. [Obs.] Spenser.
