v. 1 say, prescribe, ordain, decree, demand, command, lay down (the law), order, direct, pronounce, impose It is our leader who dictates what we may say and do
n. 2 decree, demand, command, order, direction, instruction, charge, pronouncement, edict, fiat, ukase, mandate, caveat, injunction, requirement, bidding, behest Each must act in accord with the dictates of his conscience