( n. )
The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation.
( n. )
The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012