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dictation
(encz) | dictation,diktát n: Zdeněk Brož |
Dictation
(gcide) | Dictation \Dic*ta"tion\, n. [L. dictatio.]
1. The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing;
also that which is dictated.
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It affords security against the dictation of laws.
--Paley.
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2. The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an
overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his
habit, even with friends, was that of dictation.
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dictation
(wn) | dictation
n 1: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
[syn: command, bid, bidding, dictation]
2: speech intended for reproduction in writing
3: matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated
passage; "he signed and mailed his dictation without
bothering to read it" |
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Dictation
(gcide) | Dictation \Dic*ta"tion\, n. [L. dictatio.]
1. The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing;
also that which is dictated.
[1913 Webster]
It affords security against the dictation of laws.
--Paley.
[1913 Webster]
2. The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an
overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his
habit, even with friends, was that of dictation.
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