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dictate

a guiding principle; "the dictates of reason"

an authoritative rule

say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary"

rule as a dictator

Synonyms:

• a priori truth,
• act,
• adage,
• ana,
• analects,
• aphorism,
• apothegm,
• appoint,
• authorize,
• axiom,
• behest,
• bestride,
• bid,
• bidding,
• bill,
• brocard,
• brook no denial,
• bylaw,
• byword,
• call for,
• call on,
• call the signals,
• call upon,
• canon,
• catchword,
• caveat,
• charge,
• collected sayings,
• command,
• commandment,
• commission,
• compel,
• constrain,
• control,
• current saying,
• declare,
• decree,
• demand,
• dictation,
• dictum,
• direct,
• direct order,
• direction,
• distich,
• dominate,
• edict,
• enactment,
• enjoin,
• epigram,
• exact,
• expression,
• fiat,
• form,
• formality,
• formula,
• formulary,
• give an order,
• give the word,
• gnome,
• golden rule,
• golden saying,
• govern,
• guide,
• have the ascendancy,
• hest,
• imperative,
• impose,
• injunction,
• insist upon,
• institution,
• instruct,
• instruction,
• issue a command,
• issue a writ,
• jus,
• law,
• lay down,
• lead,
• leave no option,
• legislation,
• lex,
• make obligatory,
• manage,
• mandate,
• master,
• maxim,
• measure,
• moral,
• mot,
• motto,
• necessitate,
• oblige,
• oracle,
• ordain,
• order,
• order about,
• ordinance,
• ordonnance,
• phrase,
• pithy saying,
• play first fiddle,
• pleasure,
• postulate,
• precept,
• predominate,
• preponderate,
• prescribe,
• prescript,
• prescription,
• prevail,
• principium,
• principle,
• proclaim,
• promulgate,
• pronounce,
• pronouncement,
• proposition,
• proverb,
• proverbial saying,
• proverbs,
• regulation,
• require,
• requirement,
• rubric,
• rule,
• rule the roost,
• ruling,
• saw,
• say,
• say the word,
• say-so,
• saying,
• self-evident truth,
• sentence,
• sententious expression,
• set,
• settled principle,
• sloka,
• special order,
• standing order,
• statute,
• stock saying,
• sutra,
• take no denial,
• take the lead,
• teaching,
• tell,
• text,
• theorem,
• truism,
• truth,
• twist,
• ukase,
• universal truth,
• utter,
• verse,
• wear the pants,
• will,
• wisdom,
• wisdom literature,
• wise saying,
• witticism,
• word,
• word of command,
• words of wisdom