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noun an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
noun speech intended for reproduction in writing
noun matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage
originFrom Late Latin dictātiō, noun of action from dictātus, the perfect passive participle of dictō. By surface analysis, dictate + -ion.
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