Topic: OFFICES
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | dictare 'to say often, say firmly', from dicere 'to say' |
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dic‧tate1
1 [intransitive and transitive]BBO to say words for someone else to write down
2 [intransitive and transitive] to tell someone exactly what they must do or how they must behave
3 [transitive] to control or influence something [= determine]The massive publicity dictated a response from the city government.
dictate that The laws of physics dictate that what goes up must come down.
The laws of physics dictate that what goes up must come down.The massive publicity dictated a response from the city government.