dictate

Signification

Noun

An order or command.

Verb

1. To order, command, control.
2. To speak in order for someone to write down the words.
3. To determine or decisively affect.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈdɪkˌteɪt/

Étymologie

Borrowed from Latin dictātus, perfect passive participle of dictō (“pronounce or declare repeatedly; dictate”), frequentative of dīcō (“say, speak”).