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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

de·cide / diˈsīd/ • v. [intr.] come to a resolution in the mind as a result of consideration. ∎ [tr.] cause to come to such a resolution: this business about the letter decided me. ∎ make a choice from a number of alternatives: she had decided on her plan of action. ∎ give a judgment concerning a matter or legal case: the courts decided in favor of the claimants | [tr.] the judge will decide the case. ∎ [tr.] come to a decision about (something): we must decide the fates of the people who headed the coup. ∎ [tr.] resolve or settle (a question or contest). DERIVATIVES: de·cid·a·ble adj.de·cid·er n.

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decide

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

decide determine XIV; settle a question XVIII. — F. décider or L. dēcīdere cut off, cut the knot, determine, f. DE- 2 + cædere cut.
So decision XV. — (O)F. décision or L. dēcīsiō, f. dēcīs-, pp. stem of dēcīdere, decisive XVII. — F. — medL.

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décidé

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | | Copyright

décidé (Fr.), deciso (It.). Decided. With decision (i.e. firmly, not flabbily). So the It. superlative, decisissimo.

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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "décidé." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "décidé." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-dcid.html

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decide

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

decide •abide, applied, aside, astride, backslide, beside, bestride, betide, bide, bride, chide, Clyde, cockeyed, coincide, collide, confide, cried, decide, divide, dried, elide, five-a-side, glide, guide, hide, hollow-eyed, I'd, implied, lied, misguide, nationwide, nide, offside, onside, outride, outside, pan-fried, pied, pie-eyed, popeyed, pride, provide, ride, Said, shied, side, slide, sloe-eyed, snide, square-eyed, starry-eyed, statewide, Strathclyde, stride, subdivide, subside, tide, tried, undyed, wall-eyed, wide, worldwide •carbide • unmodified •overqualified, unqualified •dignified, signified •unverified • countrified •unpurified • unclassified •unspecified • sissified • unsanctified •self-satisfied, unsatisfied •unidentified • unquantified •unfortified • unjustified • uncertified •formaldehyde • oxhide • rawhide •cowhide • allied • landslide • bolide •paraglide • polyamide • bromide •thalidomide • selenide • cyanide •unoccupied

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