decided; deciding; decides

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**:**to fix the course or outcome of (something)

The Dodge teeters on the rear wheels, hanging there, as the hand of gravity decides my fate.—Larry Webster

It is an imprecise science, but one that ultimately may decide the course of this and many seasons to come.—Steve Hummer

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**:**to induce to come to a choice

her pleas

*decided*him to help**:**to make a choice or judgment

decide on where to go

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