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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dictation \Dic*ta"tion\, n. [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dictation n 1: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something [syn: {command}, {bid}, {bidding}] 2: speech intended for reproduction in writing
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