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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dictate \Dic"tate\, noun [L. dictatum. See {Dictate}, verb (used with an object)] 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dictate \Dic"tate\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dictate \Dic"tate\, verb (used without an object)
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dictate
noun
1: an authoritative rule
2: a guiding principle; "the dictates of reason"
verb
1: issue commands or orders for [syn: {order}, {prescribe}]
2: say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary"
3: rule as a dictator
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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