| DECREASE | • decrease v. (Intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller. • decrease v. (Transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller. • decrease n. An amount by which a quantity is decreased. |
| DECREERS | • decreers n. Plural of decreer. • DECREER n. one who decrees. |
| DECREETS | • decreets n. Plural of decreet. • DECREET n. the final judgment of the Court of Session, or of an inferior court, by which the question at issue is decided. |
| DECREPIT | • decrepit adj. Weakened or worn out from age or wear. • DECREPIT adj. worn out, down at heel. |
| DECRETAL | • decretal adj. Pertaining to a decree. • decretal n. (Roman Catholicism) A papal decree, particularly one derived from an ecclesiastical letter. • decretal n. (Now rare) Any decree or pronounced instruction. |
| DECREWED | • decrewed v. Simple past tense and past participle of decrew. • DECREW v. (Spenser) to decrease. |
| RECREANT | • recreant adj. (Now rare, poetic) Having admitted defeat and surrendered; defeated. • recreant adj. (Now poetic, literary) Unfaithful to someone, or to one’s duties or honour; disloyal, false. • recreant n. Somebody who is recreant, who yields in combat; a coward or traitor. |
| RECREATE | • recreate v. (Transitive) To give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven. • recreate v. (Reflexive) To enjoy or entertain oneself. • recreate v. (Intransitive) To take recreation. |
| SECRETED | • secreted v. (US) simple past tense and past participle of secret. • secreted v. Simple past tense and past participle of secrete. • SECRETE v. to emit by means of bodily functions. |
| SECRETER | • secreter n. Alternative spelling of secretor. • SECRET adj. hidden. |
| SECRETES | • secretes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of secrete. • SECRETE v. to emit by means of bodily functions. |
| SECRETIN | • secretin n. (Biochemistry) A peptide hormone, secreted by the duodenum, that serves to regulate its acidity. • SECRETIN n. a hormone secreted by the duodenum. |
| SECRETLY | • secretly adv. In secret, covertly. • SECRET adv. hidden. |
| SECRETOR | • secretor n. A person who or animal that secretes (emits a bodily fluid). • secretor n. A person who secretes comparatively large quantities of blood-group antigens in their bodily fluids. • secretor n. (Physiology) A cell, tissue, or organ (such as a gland) that produces a bodily secretion. |
| UNSECRET | • unsecret adj. Not secret. • unsecret adj. (Archaic) Not close; not trusty. • unsecret v. (Transitive) To disclose; to divulge. |