1. Issue commands or orders for
   - order, prescribe 
2. Say out loud for the purpose of recording
   "He dictated a report to his secretary" 
3. Rule as a dictator

1. An authoritative rule 
2. A guiding principle
   "the dictates of reason"

Derived forms: dictates, dictating, dictated

See also: dictation, dictator

Type of: bring down, govern, impose, inflict, obtrude, prescript, principle, read, rule, visit

Encyclopedia: Dictate

• unswayed
• unsweet
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• unswept
• unswerving
• unswervingly
• unsworn
• unsyllabic
• unsyllabled
• unsymbolic
• unsymmetric
• unsymmetrical
• unsymmetrically
• unsympathetic
• unsympathetically
• unsympathising
• unsympathizing
• unsynchronised
• unsynchronized
• unsynchronous
• exorciser
• exorcism
• exorcist
• exorcize
• exordial