dictate

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dictate

▶verb /dɪkˈteɪt/ 

• 1 state or order authoritatively.

  ■ control or decisively affect; determine.

• 2 say or read aloud (words to be typed or written down).

▶noun /ˈdɪkteɪt/ an order or principle that must be obeyed.

– derivatives
dictation noun.

– origin C16: from L. dictat-, dictare.