Both Uses of
dictate
in
Great Expectations
- I was always treated as if I had insisted on being born in opposition to the dictates of reason, religion, and morality, and against the dissuading arguments of my best friends.†
Chpt 4
- For this reason, I suppose, they were now inflexible with one another; Mr. Jaggers being highly dictatorial, and Wemmick obstinately justifying himself whenever there was the smallest point in abeyance for a moment.†
Chpt 51 *
Definition:
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(dictate as in: Hitler dictated that...) issue commands or orders