mandate

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EtymologyEdit

Noun is from Latin mandatum (“a charge, order, command, commission, injunction”), neut of. mandatus, past participle of mandare (“to commit to one's charge, order, command, commission, literally to put into one's hands”), from manus (“hand”) + dare (“to put”). Compare command, commend, demand, remand.

Verb is from the noun.

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

mandate (plural mandates)

1. An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.

TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

mandate (third-person singular simple present mandates, present participle mandating, simple past and past participle mandated)

1. to authorize
2. to make mandatory

Derived termsEdit

• mandatary
• mandator
• mandatory

TranslationsEdit

External linksEdit

• mandate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• mandate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

PronunciationEdit

• Homophones: mandatent, mandates

VerbEdit

mandate

1. first-person singular present indicative of mandater
2. third-person singular present indicative of mandater
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of mandater
4. second-person singular imperative of mandater

NounEdit

mandate f

1. plural form of mandata

VerbEdit

mandate

1. second-person plural present of mandare
2. second-person plural imperative of mandare
3. feminine plural past participle of mandare

AnagramsEdit

• damante

ParticipleEdit

mandāte

1. vocative masculine singular of mandātus