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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Dictation

/dĭk-tāsh'-ən/ · Dic·ta·tion · IPA /dɪkˈteɪʃən/
01 n. The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.
  1. 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. 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.