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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Dictamen :: Dictamen (n.) A dictation or dictate.
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..
Dispassionate :: Dispassionate (a.) Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a dispassionate view..
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..
Magnanimous :: Magnanimous (a.) Dictated by or exhibiting nobleness of soul; honorable; noble; not selfish.
Execration :: Execration (n.) The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed.
Prompt :: Prompt (v. t.) To suggest; to dictate.
Pleasure :: Pleasure (n.) What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose..
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..
Indict :: Indict (v. t.) To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite.
Dictate :: Dictate (v. t.) To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis..
Amanuensis :: Amanuensis (n.) A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written..
Dictate :: Dictate (v. i.) To compose literary works; to tell what shall be written or said by another.
Conscientious :: Conscientious (a.) Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong; -- said of a person..
Dictate :: Dictate (v. i.) To speak as a superior; to command; to impose conditions (on).
Malicious :: Malicious (a.) Proceeding from hatred or ill will; dictated by malice; as, a malicious report; malicious mischief..
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..
Charitable :: Charitable (a.) Dictated by kindness; favorable; lenient.
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..
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..
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