Both Uses of
dictate
in
Heart of Darkness
- 'My dear sir,' he cried, 'I write from dictation.'†
Chpt 1 *
- I laid my head on my arm again, and had nearly lost myself in a doze, when somebody said in my ear, as it were: 'I am as harmless as a little child, but I don't like to be dictated to.†
Chpt 2 *
Definitions:
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(dictate as in: Hitler dictated that...) issue commands or orders
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(dictate as in: dictate a letter) say out loud for the purpose of recording