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dictate

[dik-teyt, dik-teyt, dik-teyt] / ˈdɪk teɪt, dɪkˈteɪt, ˈdɪk teɪt /






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Dictate how many pitchers can be on a roster?

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2021

Think of Siri on the iPhone or the Dragon Dictate software that I'm using to "write" this piece.

From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2012

As I live by bread, Mr. Jennings, those were the first words that met my eye, exactly at the time when I myself was setting the secret Dictate at defiance!

From The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie

Dictate to me the letter to the English.

From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Sue, Eug?ne

"Dictate it, I'll follow you," said Lionel, somewhat put out by this mode of composition.

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James




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