† dictitatev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive and intransitive. To speak or say repeatedly.
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the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (transitive)] > often or over and over
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1615 A. Stafford Heavenly Dogge 44 No doubt the old man did dictitate thinges, the knowledge wherof would haue beautified all happy wits.
?1623 O. Felltham Resolues lxxiv. 237 If ignorant, hee instructs him with the Oracles of God, dictitates sentences vnto him, & speakes all, tanquam ex tripode.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Dictitate, to speak or tell often, or in divers places, to plead. [Also in later dictionaries.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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