Dictation

Definition of Dictation

Dic`ta´tion
n.1.The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.
It affords security against the dictation of laws.
- Paley.
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.

Related Words

behest, bid, bidding, charge, command, commandment, commission, countermand, dictate, direction, injunction, open sesame, order, prescribe, speech act
Word:

Browse

dicky-seat
dickybird
Diclinic
Diclinous
Dicoccous
dicot
dicotyl
dicotyledon
Dicotyledonae
Dicotyledones
dicotyledonous
Dicrotal
Dicrotic
Dicrotism
Dicta
Dictagraph
Dictamen
Dictamnus
Dictaphone
Dictate
-Dictation-
Dictator
Dictatorial
Dictatorian
Dictatorship
Dictatory
Dictatress
Dictatrix
Dictature
Diction
Dictionalrian
Dictionary
Dictograph
dictostylium
Dictum
Dictyogen
Dicyanide
Dicyemata
Dicyemid
Dicynodont
Did
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

© 2009 Interapple, Inc. Cover