▪ 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.
| 1388 Wyclif Prol. x. 34 Grostede declarith wel this in his dicte. 1460 J. Capgrave Chron. 153 Robert Grostede..mad eke a noble book thei clepe his Dictes. 1477 Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 2 The saynges or dictis of the philosophers. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 112/1 He had in his dictes grete obscurete and profoundnes. a 1536 Calisto & Mel. in Hazl. Dodsley I. 53 According to their dicts rehearsed. 1860 Reade 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.
| a 1626 Bacon Max. & Uses Com. Law Pref. (1636) 4 The concordance between the lawes penn'd, and as it were dicted verbatim. 1642 R. Baillie Lett. 796, I have dicted already my primiel lesson..I hope to dict before June a little compend of the chief controversies. 1860 Reade Cloister & H. lxii, Dict to me just what you would say to him. |