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Read something aloud or acted it out (7)

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I believe the answer is:

dictate

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'read' is the definition.
(dictating is a kind of reading)

'acted it out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'acted'+'it'='actedit'
'actedit' with letters rearranged gives 'DICTATE'.

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(Other definitions for dictate that I've seen before include "say" , "Command" , "speak (words to be taken down)" , "Issue commands" , "Lay down the law" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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