Definition of dictate

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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..

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Execration :: Execration (n.) The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed.
Prudent :: Prudent (a.) Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; practically wise; judicious; careful; discreet; sensible; -- opposed to rash; as, a prudent man; dictated or directed by prudence or wise forethought; evincing prudence; as, prudent behavior..
Saw :: Saw (v. t.) Dictate; command; decree.
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..
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..
Sing :: Sing (v. i.) To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece..
Prompt :: Prompt (v. t.) To suggest; to dictate.
Indict :: Indict (v. t.) To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite.
Dictated :: Dictated (imp. & p. p.) of Dictat.
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.
Fool :: Fool (n.) A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt..
Prescribe :: Prescribe (v. i.) To give directions; to dictate.
Wise :: Wise (v.) Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination..
Public-spirited :: Public-spirited (a.) Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure..
Ill-natured :: Ill-natured (a.) Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful..
Conscientiousness :: Conscientiousness (n.) The quality of being conscientious; a scrupulous regard to the dictates of conscience.
Dictamen :: Dictamen (n.) A dictation or dictate.
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..
Reasonable :: Reasonable (n.) Governed by reason; being under the influence of reason; thinking, speaking, or acting rationally, or according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just; rational; as, the measure must satisfy all reasonable men..
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