'Dictate' definitions:
Definition of 'dictate'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Dictate'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The mind which dictated the Iliad. --Wayland. [1913 Webster]
- Pages dictated by the Holy Spirit. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Whatsoever is dictated to us by God must be believed. --Watts.
- Syn: To suggest; prescribe; enjoin; command; point out; urge; admonish. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dictate'
From: GCIDE
- Dictate \Dic"tate\, v. i.
- 1. To speak as a superior; to command; to impose conditions (on). [1913 Webster]
- Who presumed to dictate to the sovereign. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To compose literary works; to tell what shall be written or said by another. [1913 Webster]
- Sylla could not skill of letters, and therefore knew not how to dictate. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dictate'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- I credit what the Grecian dictates say. --Prior.
- Syn: Command; injunction; direction suggestion; impulse; admonition. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dictate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a priori truth,
- act,
- adage,
- ana,
- analects,
- aphorism,
- apothegm,
- appoint,
- authorize,
- axiom,
- behest,
- bestride,
- bid,
- bidding,
- bill,
- brocard,
- brook no denial,
- bylaw,
- byword,
- call for,
- call on,
- call the signals,
- call upon,
- canon,
- catchword,
- caveat,
- charge,
- collected sayings,
- command,
- commandment,
- commission,
- compel,
- constrain,
- control,
- current saying,
- declare,
- decree,
- demand,
- dictation,
- dictum,
- direct,
- direct order,
- direction,
- distich,
- dominate,
- edict,
- enactment,
- enjoin,
- epigram,
- exact,
- expression,
- fiat,
- form,
- formality,
- formula,
- formulary,
- give an order,
- give the word,
- gnome,
- golden rule,
- golden saying,
- govern,
- guide,
- have the ascendancy,
- hest,
- imperative,
- impose,
- injunction,
- insist upon,
- institution,
- instruct,
- instruction,
- issue a command,
- issue a writ,
- jus,
- law,
- lay down,
- lead,
- leave no option,
- legislation,
- lex,
- make obligatory,
- manage,
- mandate,
- master,
- maxim,
- measure,
- moral,
- mot,
- motto,
- necessitate,
- oblige,
- oracle,
- ordain,
- order,
- order about,
- ordinance,
- ordonnance,
- phrase,
- pithy saying,
- play first fiddle,
- pleasure,
- postulate,
- precept,
- predominate,
- preponderate,
- prescribe,
- prescript,
- prescription,
- prevail,
- principium,
- principle,
- proclaim,
- promulgate,
- pronounce,
- pronouncement,
- proposition,
- proverb,
- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- regulation,
- require,
- requirement,
- rubric,
- rule,
- rule the roost,
- ruling,
- saw,
- say,
- say the word,
- say-so,
- saying,
- self-evident truth,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- set,
- settled principle,
- sloka,
- special order,
- standing order,
- statute,
- stock saying,
- sutra,
- take no denial,
- take the lead,
- teaching,
- tell,
- text,
- theorem,
- truism,
- truth,
- twist,
- ukase,
- universal truth,
- utter,
- verse,
- wear the pants,
- will,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise saying,
- witticism,
- word,
- word of command,
- words of wisdom