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Definition of Mandate

1. Verb. Assign under a mandate. "Mandate a colony"

2. Noun. A document giving an official instruction or command.

3. Verb. Make mandatory. "The new director of the school board mandated regular tests"

4. Noun. A territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves.

5. Verb. Assign authority to.

6. Noun. The commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory.

Definition of Mandate

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

Definition of Mandate

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

2. Verb. to authorize ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mandate

1. to authorize or decree [v -DATED, -DATING, -DATES]

Medical Definition of Mandate

1. 1. An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept. "This dream all-powerful Juno; I bear Her mighty mandates, and her words you hear." (Dryden) 2. A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator to put the person therein named in possession of the first vacant benefice in his collation. 3. A contract by which one employs another to manage any business for him. By the Roman law, it must have been gratuitous. Origin: L. Mandatum, fr. Mandare to commit to one's charge, order, orig, to put into one's hand; manus hand + dare to give: cf. F. Mandat. See Manual, Date a time, and cf. Commend, Maundy Thursday. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mandate

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