Decide and Specify

Decide

Decide verb - To make final, definite, or beyond dispute.

Usage example: the huge sum that they were offering decided the matter: we would sell the house

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Specify and decide are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Specify" instead a verb "Decide".

Nearby Words: decisive, decision, deciding, decider

Specify verb - To give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly.

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Decide and specify are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decide" instead a verb "Specify".

And in Quebec just about any bridge or church has at least even odds of invoking a similar legend - either an animal cross first, or the Devil specify in the contract "First soul to enter the completed church" and the priest decide that he can make-do with a church that's missing just the one stone.

Source: No Man of Woman Born
The 40k RPGs such as Dark Heresy or Black Crusade specify that the one with the highest initiative roll acts first, but gets to decide what to do last (allowing them to try and prevent an enemy's action).

Source: Action Initiative

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