Dictaphone

n. propr. machine for recording and playing back dictated words. [from DICTATE, PHONE] dictate -r. /dik’tet(-ting) 1 say or read aloud (material to be written down or recorded). 2 state or order authoritat-ively or peremptorily. -n. rdik- (usu. in pl.) authoritative instruction or re-quirement (dictates of conscience, fashion).:: dictation idik’telf(a)n, n. [Latin dicta from dico say]