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To have determined or dictated
“All the more reason to allow market forces, rather than misguided and punitive regulation, to dictate the choices available to consumers.”
To have made a law
“It is, of course, impossible to dictate a law that pictures must of necessity be always warm and yellowish in front, and blue or coldish at the back.”
Past tense for to give an authoritative or decisive command or order
“The chief executive must firmly dictate that inferior products will not be allowed to leave the plant.”
Past tense for to behave in a domineering fashion over
“Again and again, he would dictate his followers' personal lives as well as their political lives.”
Past tense for to say or recite something aloud
“He used to dictate his thoughts to his amanuenses, or scribes, who attended him during his walks.”
Past tense for to instruct or order (someone) to do something
Past tense for to exert influence over or dictate the outcome of
Past tense for to require something to be brought about
Past tense for to cause to happen by force, especially observance of or compliance with a law, rule, or obligation
Past tense for to claim a statement as true
Past tense for to write, especially a literary or artistic work
Having been imposed or established by authority
Composed
Required, mandatory
Established and not likely to experience any changes
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