Both Uses of
dictate
in
And Then There Were None
- I have always acted in accordance with the dictates of my conscience.
p. 66..3 (definition 1) *dictates = commands
- Vera hesitated a minute, then she said: "You've admitted, you know, that you don't hold human life particularly sacred, but all the same I can't see you as-as the man who dictated that gramophone record."
p. 153..0 (definition 2) *dictated = said out loud for the purpose of recording
Definitions:
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(1) (dictate as in: Hitler dictated that...) issue commands or orders
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(2) (dictate as in: dictate a letter) say out loud for the purpose of recording