mandate

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[edit] Etymology

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

Verb is from the noun.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
mandate

Plural
mandates

mandate (plural mandates)

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

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Infinitive
to mandate

Third person singular
mandates

Simple past
mandated

Past participle
mandated

Present participle
mandating

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

  1. to authorize

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[edit] Noun

mandate f.

  1. Plural form of mandata.

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mandate

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

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mandāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of mandātus