mandate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 External links 2 Italian 2.1 Noun 2.2 Verb 3 Latin 3.1 Participle

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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

mandate (plural mandates)

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

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[edit] Verb

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

1. to authorize

[edit] Derived terms

• mandatee
• mandator

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[edit] 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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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