dicte

See also: dicté

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

dicte

1. inflection of dicter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Participle

dicte

1. past participle of dicer

Latin

Participle

dicte

1. vocative masculine singular of dictus

Middle English

Etymology

From Latin dictum.

Noun

dicte (plural dictes)

1. saying
   • 1477, William Caxton, “Et sic est finis”, in The Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres, Westminster, London: William Caxton, folio 74, recto:

     Here endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophres enprynted. by me william Caxton at westmestre the yere of our lord .M.CCCC.Lxx vij.

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Descendants

• English: dict

References

• “dicte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Spanish

Verb

dicte

1. inflection of dictar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative