Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dictation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dictation \Dic*ta"tion\, n. [L. dictatio.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dictation
n 1: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
[syn: {command}, {bid}, {bidding}]
2: speech intended for reproduction in writing
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