from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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"
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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