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Dictate

/dɪkˈteɪt/

To say or read something aloud for someone else to write down, or to command or assert with authority.

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Now, if he had been dictating a letter-'

'You must not say anything not dictated to you, sir.

He dictates, his blanched face tumefying:

Originated from the Latin word dictare, meaning to declare or to say often. It entered Middle English through the Anglo-French dictat.

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