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[Fr. décrépit; Lat. decrepit us =noisele , hence unable to move or stir: deaway, from, and crepitus =a noise.] IMG:content-1969.png:[blocks in formation] de-crěp-It-āte, v. t. & i. [Pref. de (intens.), and Eng. crepitate (q. v.).] *A. Trans.: To roast or calcine in strong heat, so as to cause a constant crackling of the substance. "So will it come to pa in a pot of salt, although de . repitated ."- Browne : Vulgar Errors. B. In trans.: To make a loud and constant crack ling noise, as salt in a strong heat. dě-crěp-it-at-ěd, pa. par. or a. [DECREPITATE.] dě-crěp'-it-at-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [DECREP ITATE.] I. Ord. Lang.: Growing or becoming le ; decreasing, waning. "Between the increscent and decrescent moon." II. Technically : ceeded Damasus 1. in A. D. 385. In the ninth century, a man of a different spirit i ued what profe ed to be an earlier series, from Clement I. to Damasus I., A. D. 384. He adhibited to them the signature of Isidore, an eminent Spanish bishop in the sixth century. The word peccator (sinner) was appended to Isidore's name, in token of humility. Transcribers, not knowing why this term was used, altered it to mercat or (=merchant); the author is therefore called Isidorus Mercat or, or the Pseudo Is i dor us. The decretal epistles which he sent forth were accepted as genuine in the middle ages, and were used in support of the papal claims; they are now universally given up as forgeries. About A. D. 1141 or 1151 Gratian, a monk of Bologna, completed his " decretum ," or Concord i a Discordantium Cano num. Raymond of Penna fort, a Catalonian and general of the Dominican order, compiled five books of decretals, which Gregory IX. ordered to be added to the work of Gratian. They were published about A. D. 1230. Near the end of the century a sixth book was added by direction of Boniface VIII., about A. D. 1298. The decretals constitute a portion of what is called Canon Law (q.v.). The Clementines were collected by Clement V. in 1313. Decretal Order: English Law : A chancery order in the nature of a decree. ( Wharton .) *děcrete, s . [Lat. decretum.] A decree. *dě-cre-tion, s . [Lat. decretus , pa. par. of decresco to decrease.) A decrease, a decreasing. “.. by which decretion we might gue at a former increase."-Pearson: On the Creed, Art. 1.