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- English Word Dicrotal Definition Alt. of Dicrotous
- English Word Dicrotic Definition Of or pertaining to dicrotism; as, a dicrotic pulse.
- English Word Dicrotic Definition Of or pertaining to the second expansion of the artery in the dicrotic pulse; as, the dicrotic wave.
- English Word Dicrotism Definition A condition in which there are two beats or waves of the arterial pulse to each beat of the heart.
- English Word Dicrotous Definition Dicrotic.
- English Word Dicta Definition See Dictum.
- English Word Dicta Definition of Dictum
- English Word Dictamen Definition A dictation or dictate.
- English Word Dictamnus Definition A suffrutescent, D. Fraxinella (the only species), with strong perfume and showy flowers. The volatile oil of the leaves is highly inflammable.
- English Word Dictate Definition To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis.
- English Word Dictate Definition To say; to utter; to communicate authoritatively; to deliver (a command) to a subordinate; to declare with authority; to impose; as, to dictate the terms of a treaty; a general dictates orders to his troops.
- English Word Dictate Definition To speak as a superior; to command; to impose conditions (on).
- English Word Dictate Definition To compose literary works; to tell what shall be written or said by another.
- English Word Dictate Definition A statement delivered with authority; an order; a command; an authoritative rule, principle, or maxim; a prescription; as, listen to the dictates of your conscience; the dictates of the gospel.
- English Word Dictated Definition of Dictate
- English Word Dictating Definition of Dictate
- English Word Dictation Definition The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.
- English Word Dictation Definition The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation.
- English Word Dictator Definition One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others.
- English Word Dictator Definition One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power.