Associations to the word «Dictate»

Wiktionary

DICTATE, noun. An order or command.

DICTATE, verb. To order, command, control.

DICTATE, verb. To speak in order for someone to write down the words.

DICTATE, noun. An authoritative rule.

DICTATE, noun. A guiding principle; "the dictates of reason".

DICTATE, verb. Issue commands or orders for.

DICTATE, verb. Say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary".

DICTATE, verb. Rule as a dictator.

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.

Aeschylus