mandate
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See also mandaté
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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.
Pronunciation [edit]
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Noun [edit]
mandate (plural mandates)
- An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
Translations [edit]
official command
Verb [edit]
mandate (third-person singular simple present mandates, present participle mandating, simple past and past participle mandated)
- to authorize
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
authorize
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External links [edit]
- mandate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- mandate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
mandate
- first-person singular present indicative of mandater
- third-person singular present indicative of mandater
- first-person singular present subjunctive of mandater
- second-person singular imperative of mandater
Italian [edit]
Noun [edit]
mandate f
- Plural form of mandata
Verb [edit]
mandate
- second-person plural present tense of mandare
- second-person plural imperative of mandare
- feminine plural past participle of mandare
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Participle [edit]
mandāte
- vocative masculine singular of mandātus
