dictate

  • 41dictate — To order or instruct what is to be said or written. To pronounce, word by word, what is meant to be written by another. See dictation …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 42dictate — To order or instruct what is to be said or written. To pronounce, word by word, what is meant to be written by another. See dictation …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 43dictate — To pronounce, word by word, what is designed to be written by another. Hamilton v Hamilton (La) 6 Mart NS 143, 146. To give orders with authority …

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  • 44dictate — v. & n. v. 1 tr. say or read aloud (words to be written down or recorded). 2 a tr. prescribe or lay down authoritatively (terms, things to be done). b intr. lay down the law; give orders. n. (usu. in pl.) an authoritative instruction (dictates of …

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  • 45dictate to somebody — dicˈtate to sb derived often passive to give orders to sb, often in a rude or aggressive way • She refused to be dictated to by anyone. Main entry: ↑dictatederived …

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  • 46MacSpeech Dictate — is a speech recognition program written for Mac OS X by MacSpeech. The software was released in March 2008 after being showcased at the Macworld Conference Expo in 2008 and won the Best Of Show 2008 award.MacSpeech Dictate was written using the… …

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  • 47Dictated — 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;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 48Dictating — 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;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 49dictation — dictate dic‧tate 1 [dɪkˈteɪt ǁ ˈdɪkteɪt] verb [transitive] to say words for someone else to write down: • When Laurie got back to the office, she dictated a letter to Stewart. dictation noun [uncountable] : • Many computers can take voice… …

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  • 50dictation — dictate ► VERB 1) state or order authoritatively. 2) say or read aloud (words to be typed or written down). 3) control or determine. ► NOUN ▪ an order or principle that must be obeyed. DERIVATIVES dictation noun …

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