Mandate Definition
măndāt
mandated, mandates, mandating
noun
mandates
An authoritative order or command, esp. a written one.
Webster's New World
A command or authorization given by a political electorate to the winner of an election.
American Heritage
A commission from the League of Nations to a country to administer some region, colony, etc.
Webster's New World
The area so administered.
Webster's New World
A region under such administration.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
mandated, mandates, mandating
To assign (a region, etc.) as a mandate.
Webster's New World
To require as by law; make mandatory.
Webster's New World
To authorize.
Wiktionary
Origin of Mandate
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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.
From Wiktionary
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Latin mandātum from neuter past participle of mandāre to order man-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Verb is from the noun.
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