dic|tate

dic|tate
dic|tate «verb. DIHK tayt, dihk TAYT; noun. DIHK tayt», verb, -tat|ed, -tat|ing, noun.
–v.t.
1. to say or read (something) aloud for another person or persons to write down: »

The teacher dictated a spelling list. A businessman often dictates letters to his secretary.

2. to command with authority; order in clear and definite terms: »

The country that won the war dictated the terms of peace to the country that lost.

SYNONYM(S): decree.
–v.i.
1. to say or read something to be written down: »

The businessman dictated to his secretary.

2. to speak with authority; make others do what one says; lay down the law; give orders: »

Big nations sometimes dictate to little ones.

–n.
a direction or order that is to be carried out or obeyed: »

the dictates of a ruler, the dictates of common sense. An honest man follows the dictates of his conscience.

 SYNONYM(S): command.
╂[< Latin dictāre (with English -ate1) say often (frequentative) < dīcere say, tell. See etym. of doublet dight. (Cf. ↑dight)]

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