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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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