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See Dictum.

Var. of Dictograph.

A dictation or dictate. [R.] Falkland.

A suffrutescent, D. Fraxinella (the only species), with strong perfume and showy flowers. The volatile oil of the leaves is highly inflammable.

A form of phonographic recorder and reproducer adapted for use in dictation, as in business.

To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis. The mind which dictated the Iliad. Wayland. Pages dictated by the Holy Spirit. Macaulay.

The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated. It affords security against the dictation of laws. Paley.

One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others. Locke.

Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute. Military powers quite dictatorial. W. Irving.

Dictatorial. [Obs.]

The office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence, absolute power.

Dogmatical; overbearing; dictatorial. Milton.

A woman who dictates or commands. Earth's chief dictatress, ocean's mighty queen. Byron.

A dictatress.

Office of a dictator; dictatorship. [R.] Bacon.

Capable of being contradicting.

Relating to, or consisting of, edicts; as, the Roman edictal law.

Capable of being, or liable to be, indicted; subject to indictment; as, an indictable offender or offense.

That may be predicted.

or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream. This proffer is absurd and reasonless. Shak. 'This phrase absurd to call a villain great. Pope.…