Part 3084

<blockquote>I credit what the Grecian <b>dictates</b> say. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Command; injunction; direction suggestion; impulse; admonition.</syn>

<h1>Dictation</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Dic*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dictatio</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.</def>

<blockquote>It affords security against the <b>dictation</b> of laws. <i>Paley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; <as>as, his habit, even with friends, was that of <ex>dictatio</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Dictator</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Dic*ta"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power.</def>

<blockquote>Invested with the authority of a <b>dictator</b>, nay, of a pope, over our language. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dictatorial</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Dic`ta*to"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>dictatorial</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute.</def>

<blockquote>Military powers quite <b>dictatorial</b>. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical; overbearing; <as>as, a <ex>dictatorial</ex> tone or manner</as>.</def>

-- <wordforms><wf>Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Dictatorian</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Dic`ta*to"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dictatorial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Dictatorship</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Dic*ta"tor*ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence, absolute power.</def>

<h1>Dictatory</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Dic"ta*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dictatorius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Dogmatical; overbearing; dictatorial.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Dictatress</h1> <Xpage=408>

<hw>Dic*ta"tress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A woman who dictates or commands.</def>