Adjective dictated has 1 sense
  1. determined, dictated, set - determined or decided upon as by an authority; "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching"
    Antonym: unsettled (indirect, via settled)
,Verb dictate has 3 senses
  1. order, prescribe, dictate - issue commands or orders for
    --1 is one way to inflict, bring down, visit, impose
    Derived forms: noun dictator3, noun dictate2, noun dictate1, noun dictation1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    => Somebody ----s to somebody
  2. dictate - say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary"
    --2 is one way to
    read
    Derived forms: noun dictator1, noun dictation3, noun dictation2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. dictate - rule as a dictator
    --3 is one way to
    govern, rule
    Derived forms: noun dictator2, noun dictate1, noun dictation1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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