Definition of dictate

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Dictate (v. i.) To compose literary works; to tell what shall be written or said by another.

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Ill-natured :: Ill-natured (a.) Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful..
Malicious :: Malicious (a.) Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief..
Conscientious :: Conscientious (a.) Characterized by a regard to conscience; conformed to the dictates of conscience; -- said of actions.
Absurd :: Absurd (a.) Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream..
Dictation :: Dictation (n.) The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.
Amanuensis :: Amanuensis (n.) A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written..
Execration :: Execration (n.) The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed.
Dictamen :: Dictamen (n.) A dictation or dictate.
Dictate :: Dictate (v. i.) To speak as a superior; to command; to impose conditions (on).
Saw :: Saw (v. t.) Dictate; command; decree.
Dictated :: Dictated (imp. & p. p.) of Dictat.
Charitable :: Charitable (a.) Dictated by kindness; favorable; lenient.
Dispassionate :: Dispassionate (a.) Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a dispassionate view..
Dictator :: Dictator (n.) One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.
Prudential :: Prudential (a.) Proceeding from, or dictated or characterized by, prudence; prudent; discreet; sometimes, selfish or pecuniary as distinguished from higher motives or influences; as, prudential motives..
Conscientiousness :: Conscientiousness (n.) The quality of being conscientious; a scrupulous regard to the dictates of conscience.
Dictatress :: Dictatress (n.) A woman who dictates or commands.
Dictate :: Dictate (v. i.) To compose literary works; to tell what shall be written or said by another.
Reason :: Reason (n.) Due exercise of the reasoning faculty; accordance with, or that which is accordant with and ratified by, the mind rightly exercised; right intellectual judgment; clear and fair deductions from true principles; that which is dictated or supported by the common sense of mankind; right conduct; right; propriety; justice..
Dictate :: Dictate (v. t.) 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..
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