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Synset

order by virtue of superior authority; decree
<verb.social>   freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 3

sample sentences

"The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"
"the legislature enacted this law in 1985"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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