See Also: mandate(medicine)
mandate(2)(dictionary)
mandate(1)(dictionary)
Mandate(finance)
Mandate(money)
Given a Mandate(money)
mandate 1, noun(dictionary)
mandate 2, verb(dictionary)
MANDATE, civil law(law)
MANDATE, practice(law)

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mandate verb trans. E17.
[Latin mandat- pa. ppl stem of mandare: see MANDATE noun, -ATE3.]
Command, require by mandate; necessitate. (rare before L20.) Now chiefly US. E17.
Commit (one's sermon) to memory. Scot. E18.
Hist. Assign (territory) under a mandate of the League of Nations. E20.
Give a mandate to, delegate authority to (a representative, group, organization, etc.). Freq. as mandated ppl adjective. M20.