dictate
noun/ˈdɪkteɪt/
/ˈdɪkteɪt/
[usually plural] (formal)- an order or a rule that you must obey
- to follow the dictates of fashion
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in sense (1)): from Latin dictat- ‘dictated’, from the verb dictare.Definitions on the go
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