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    dic·tate
    [dictate]
    verb
    dictated (past tense) · dictated (past participle)
    1. lay down authoritatively; prescribe:
      "the tsar's attempts to dictate policy" · "that doesn't give you the right to dictate to me"
      • control or decisively affect; determine:
        "choice is often dictated by availability" · "a review process can be changed as circumstances dictate"
    2. say or read aloud (words to be typed, written down, or recorded on tape):
      "I have four letters to dictate"
    Origin
    late 16th century (in dictate): from Latin dictat- ‘dictated’, from the verb dictare.
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    verb
    1. lay down authoritatively; prescribe:
      bully
      domineer
      dominate
      tyrannize
      oppress
      ride roughshod over
      control
      pressurize
      browbeat
      lay down the law
      call the shots
      throw one's weight around
      give orders to
      order around
      boss (around)
      impose one's will on
      lord it over
      act the tin god
    2. say or read aloud (words to be typed, written down, or recorded on tape):
      utter
      speak
      read out
      recite
      say aloud
      read aloud
      Opposite:
      write
     
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