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English Dictionary: dictation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dictation n an authoritative direction or instruction to do something Synonym(s): command, bid, bidding, dictation speech intended for reproduction in writing matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage; "he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dictation \Dicta"tion\, n. [L. dictatio.] 1. The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated. It affords security against the dictation* of laws. --Paley. 2. The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation.