Dictation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dictation
       n 1: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
            [syn: {command}, {bid}, {bidding}]
       2: speech intended for reproduction in writing
       3: matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated
          passage; "he mailed the dictation without bothering to
          read it"