Dictate: alternatives and connections

To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority.

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To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.

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To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to…

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Directed; prescribed.

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Beginning; commencement.

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Rennet. See 3d Reed.

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That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

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To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.

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An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.

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To act the tyrant; to exercise arbitrary power; to rule with unjust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or require…

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The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.

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The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.

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

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

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Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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The act of prescribing, directing, or dictating; direction; precept; also, that which is prescribed.

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The act of prescribing, directing, or dictating; direction; precept; also, that which is prescribed.

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Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct.

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