4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dictate \Dic"tate\, v. i.
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dictate \Dic"tate\, n. [L. dictatum See {Dictate}, v. t.]
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dictate \Dic"tate\, v. t. [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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dictate
n 1: an authoritative rule
2: a guiding principle: "the dictates of reason"
v 1: issue commands or orders for [syn: {order}, {prescribe}]
2: read out loud for the purpose of recording
3: rule as a dictator
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