mandate

English

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Etymology

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.

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Noun

mandate (plural mandates)

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

Translations

official command

Chinese: Mandarin: (authorisation) 授權 (cmn), 授权 (cmn) (shòuquán), (power; right; privilege) 權利 (cmn), 权利 (cmn) (quánlì), (order; command) 命令 (cmn) (mìnglìng) Finnish: mandaatti, valtuutus, valtakirja, French: mandat (fr) m. German: Mandat (de) Italian: mandato (it) m.

Malay: Mandat (ms) Portuguese: mandato (pt) m. Spanish: mandato (es) m. Turkish: manda (tr)

Verb

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

1. to authorize

Derived terms

• mandatee
• mandator

Translations

authorize

Chinese: Mandarin: 授權 (cmn), 授权 (cmn) (shòuquán)

Finnish: valtuuttaa (fi) French: autoriser (fr)

External links

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

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Italian

Noun

mandate f.

1. Plural form of mandata.

Verb

mandate

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

Anagrams

• damante

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Latin

Participle

mandāte

1. vocative masculine singular of mandātus