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▪ I. dict, n. Obs. or arch.|dɪkt|
[ad. L. dictum, a saying, a word, f. dīcĕre to say: cf. also OF. dict, var. spelling of dit. (OE. had diht from same source.)]
A saying or maxim.
1388Wyclif Prol. x. 34 Grostede declarith wel this in his dicte. 1460J. Capgrave Chron. 153 Robert Grostede..mad eke a noble book thei clepe his Dictes. 1477Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 2 The saynges or dictis of the philosophers. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 112/1 He had in his dictes grete obscurete and profoundnes. a1536Calisto & Mel. in Hazl. Dodsley I. 53 According to their dicts rehearsed. 1860Reade Cloister & H. xxxvi, The old dict was true after all.
▪ II. dict, v. Obs. or arch.
[f. L. dictāre to dictate.]
trans. To put into words; to dictate.
a1626Bacon Max. & Uses Com. Law Pref. (1636) 4 The concordance between the lawes penn'd, and as it were dicted verbatim. 1642R. Baillie Lett. 796, I have dicted already my primiel lesson..I hope to dict before June a little compend of the chief controversies. 1860Reade Cloister & H. lxii, Dict to me just what you would say to him. |