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noun 
  1. An order or command.
I must obey the dictates of my conscience.
Translations: 
    verb (dictat, ing)
    1. To order, command, control.
    My boss thinks he can how I spend my time outside work hours.
    The bad weather dictated the route we travelled.
    1. To speak in order for someone to write down the words.
    She is dictating a letter to a stenographer.
    The French teacher dictated a passage from Victor Hugo.
    Translations: 
      Etymology: 
      • From Latin dictatum, past participle of dictare, the frequentative derived from dicere, "to say".


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