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- pronunciation:
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dihkt
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
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an order or decree proclaimed by a ruler or other of high authority.
Those of a different faith were expelled from the country by a royal edict.A presidential edict abolished the agency.The king issued an edict that forbid the seizing of neutral vessels.- synonyms:
- command, declaration, decree, dictate, direction, directive, fiat, order, proclamation, pronouncement, rescript, ukase
- similar words:
- dictum, injunction, instruction, mandate, ruling
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act, ban, behest, command, law, mandate, order, word |
adjective + (n.)edict
congressional, harsh, imperial, issuing, moral, official, papal, presidential, religious, royal, strict
verb + (n.)edict
convert, defy, enforce, follow, ignore, issue, obey, promulgate, revoke, violate
(n.)edict
+ verb
ban, carry, declare, decree, demand, direct, encourage, forbid, grant, hand, order, restrict
noun + (n.)edict
decree, government, regulation, revocation
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The word edict
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
ebullient, edentulous, edict, educate, educe, egregious, egress, ejaculate, eject, elaborate, elate, elect, elicit, elide, eligible, elite, elocution, elongate, eloquence, eloquent, elucidate, elude, emaciate, emancipate, emasculate, emend, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emissary, emit, emollient, emolument, emulsion, enervate, enormity, enormous, enumerate, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, eruct, erudite, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, evanesce, event, eventuate, evert, evict, evident, evocative, evoke, evolution, evolve, ineluctable, ineradicable
dic, dict
Latin
root
that means speak, declare
Example words:
abdicate, addict, addiction, benediction, contradict, contradiction, contradictory, contraindicate, dedicate, dictaphone, dictate, dictation, dictator, diction, dictionary, dictum, edict, indicate, indict, indictment, interdict, jurisdiction, malediction, predicate, predict, prediction, syndicate, valediction, valedictorian, verdict, veridical, predictable
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