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Webster 1913 Edition
Dictation
Dic-ta′tion
,Noun.
[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
Webster 1828 Edition
Dictation
DICTATION
,Noun.
It affords security against the dictation of laws.