Someone speaks, and their words go straight into the world as they said them — onto another person's page, or into what that person has to do. The voice does not suggest; it lands.
From the word’s history
From Latin dictō, 'to say or declare repeatedly', a frequentative of dīcō, 'to say'. The core is simply saying — but saying again and again, insistently, the way you do when your words must be taken down or obeyed.
拉丁文 dictō「反覆說、宣告」，是 dīcō「說」的反覆型（frequentative）。所以 dictate 的底層不是隨口一說，而是「一再地說、把話說死」——正好對上這個字的兩個現代用法：反覆講給人抄下來，以及反覆講到對方非照辦不可。同一個 dīcō 也長出 dictionary、dictator、verdict。
Wiktionary, 'dictate' (etymology of the verb: borrowed 1577 from Latin dictātus, participle of dictō, frequentative of dīcō)
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原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
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dictatenoun詞源 1/ˈdɪkˌteɪt/
- 1
An order or command.
- I must obey the dictates of my conscience.
dictateverb詞源 2/(ˌ)dɪkˈteɪt/
- 1
To order, command, control.
- Etiquette dictates that wedding invitations should be acknowledged in writing.
- Trademark Owners will nevertheless try to dictate how their marks are to be represented, but dictionary publishers with spine can resist such pressure.
- 2
To speak in order for someone to write down the words.
- She is dictating a letter to a stenographer.
- The French teacher dictated a passage from Victor Hugo.
- 3
To determine or decisively affect.
- He had offered, and been refused! There was that in her own nature, which sympathised with the pride, for such she held to be the motive, dictating the refusal.
- Geology dictates the approximate location of the tunnel.
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