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Dictate
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.
DictateDictate 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. DictateDictate 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. DictatedDictate 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. DictatingDictate 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. Dictation
Dictation Dic*ta"tion, n. [L. dictatio.]
1. The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing;
also that which is dictated.
It affords security against the dictation of laws.
--Paley.
2. The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an
overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his
habit, even with friends, was that of dictation.
Dictator
Dictator Dic*ta"tor, n. [L.]
1. One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims
authoritatively for the direction of others. --Locke.
2. One invested with absolute authority; especially, a
magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and
invested with unlimited power.
Invested with the authority of a dictator, nay, of a
pope, over our language. --Macaulay.
DictatorialDictatorial Dic`ta*to"ri*al, a. [Cf. F. dictatorial.]
1. Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute.
Military powers quite dictatorial. --W. Irving.
2. Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical;
overbearing; as, a dictatorial tone or manner. --
Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ly, adv. -- Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ness, n. DictatoriallyDictatorial Dic`ta*to"ri*al, a. [Cf. F. dictatorial.]
1. Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute.
Military powers quite dictatorial. --W. Irving.
2. Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical;
overbearing; as, a dictatorial tone or manner. --
Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ly, adv. -- Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ness, n. DictatorialnessDictatorial Dic`ta*to"ri*al, a. [Cf. F. dictatorial.]
1. Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute.
Military powers quite dictatorial. --W. Irving.
2. Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical;
overbearing; as, a dictatorial tone or manner. --
Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ly, adv. -- Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ness, n. Dictatorian
Dictatorian Dic`ta*to"ri*an, a.
Dictatorial. [Obs.]
Dictatorship
Dictatorship Dic*ta"tor*ship, n.
The office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence,
absolute power.
Dictatory
Dictatory Dic"ta*to*ry, a. [L. dictatorius.]
Dogmatical; overbearing; dictatorial. --Milton.
Dictatrix
Dictatrix Dic*ta"trix, n. [L.]
A dictatress.
Dictature
Dictature Dic*ta"ture (?; 135), n. [L. dictatura: cf. F.
dictature.]
Office of a dictator; dictatorship. [R.] --Bacon.
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