Both Uses of
dictate
in
Me Before You
- He couldn't bear it that in some way I had the power to dictate his future, that I had somehow become Mother again.
p. 123.3dictate = determine or control what will happen
- We SCIs know that very little is under our control—who feeds us, dresses us, washes us, dictates our medication.
p. 233.8 *dictates = determines or controls
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