transferred sense
Decree a person etc. to be or to do something by judicial sentence. (in the phrase “to decern in”, obsolete) To mulct in by decree of court.
Decree by judicial sentence that something be done.
intransitive
with simple object
See distinctly (with the eyes or the mind); distinguish (an object or fact); discern.
to confuse (one or more objects with another object or other objects)
To mix together