All 4 Uses of
dictate
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- But the eat-sleep routine I had begun in the hospital, and kept up under Mother's dictatorial command, got the better of me.†
p. 289.0 *
- She dictated letters to me, advising them both that we were on our way.†
p. 199.6
- I waited for Fate, the string puller, to dictate my movements.†
p. 247.3
- Neither could do without or do with the other; yet the constrictions of conscience and society, morality and ethos dictated a separation.†
p. 257.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(dictate as in: Hitler dictated that...) issue commands or orders
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(2)
(dictate as in: reason dictates) determine or control what will happen
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(3)
(dictate as in: dictate a letter) say out loud for the purpose of recording
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus