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Verb
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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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Past tense for to say or recite something aloud
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“He used to dictate his thoughts to his amanuenses, or scribes, who attended him during his walks.”
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Past tense for to overpower by weight
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Past tense for to instruct or order (someone) to do something
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Past tense for to bring about (something) by the use of force or pressure
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Past tense for to assert something as a position in an argument
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Past tense for to write, especially a literary or artistic work
Adjective
Having been imposed or established by authority
Adjective
Officially or legally authorized
Adjective
Composed or authored in writing
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