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Dictate

Dictate (dictate)
v. t.(?)
Dic"tate
[imp. *** p. p. Dictated] p. pr. *** vb. n. Dictating.] [L. dictatus, p. p. of dictare, freq. of dicere to say. See Diction, and cf. Dight.]
  1. To tell or utter so that another may write down] to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis.

    The mind which dictated the Iliad. Wayland.

    Pages dictated by the Holy Spirit. Macaulay.

  2. To say; to utter; to communicate authoritatively; to deliver (a command) to a subordinate; to declare with authority; to impose; as, to dictate the terms of a treaty; a general dictates orders to his troops.

    Whatsoever is dictated to us by God must be believed. Watts.

    Syn. -- To suggest; prescribe; enjoin; command; point out; urge; admonish.

Dictate

Dictate (dictate)
v. i.
Dic"tate
  1. To speak as a superior; to command; to impose conditions (on).

    Who presumed to dictate to the sovereign. Macaulay.

  2. To compose literary works; to tell what shall be written or said by another.

    Sylla could not skill of letters, and therefore knew not how to dictate. Bacon.

Dictate

Dictate (dictate)
n.(?)
Dic"tate
[L. dictatum. See Dictate, v. t.]
  1. A statement delivered with authority; an order; a command; an authoritative rule, principle, or maxim; a prescription; as, listen to the dictates of your conscience; the dictates of the gospel.

    I credit what the Grecian dictates say. Prior.

    Syn. -- Command; injunction; direction suggestion; impulse; admonition.













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