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Webster 1913 Edition

Dictature

Dic-ta′ture

(?; 135)

,

Noun.

[L.

dictatura

: cf. F.

dictature

.]

Office of a dictator; dictatorship.

[R.]

Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dictature

DICTATURE

,

Noun.

1.

The office of a dictator; dictatorship.

2.

Absolute authority; the power that dictates.