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man⋅date

  [man-deyt] noun, verb, -dat⋅ed, -dat⋅ing.
Use mandated in a Sentence
–noun
1. a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
2. a command from a superior court or official to a lower one.
3. an authoritative order or command: a royal mandate.
4. (in the League of Nations) a commission given to a nation to administer the government and affairs of a former Turkish territory or German colony.
5. a mandated territory or colony.
6. Roman Catholic Church. an order issued by the pope, esp. one commanding the preferment of a certain person to a benefice.
7. Roman and Civil Law. a contract by which one engages gratuitously to perform services for another.
8. (in modern civil law) any contract by which a person undertakes to perform services for another.
9. Roman Law. an order or decree by the emperor, esp. to governors of provinces.
–verb (used with object)
10. to authorize or decree (a particular action), as by the enactment of law.
11. to order or require; make mandatory: to mandate sweeping changes in the election process.
12. to consign (a territory, colony, etc.) to the charge of a particular nation under a mandate.
Origin:
1540–50; < L mandātum, n. use of neut. of mandātus, ptp. of mandāre to commission, lit., to give into (someone's) hand. See manus, date 1

Synonyms:
3. fiat, decree, injunction, edict, ruling.
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man·date   (mān'dāt')   
n.  
  1. An authoritative command or instruction.
  2. A command or an authorization given by a political electorate to its representative.
    1. A commission from the League of Nations authorizing a member nation to administer a territory.
    2. A region under such administration.
    3. An order issued by a superior court or an official to a lower court.
    4. A contract by which one party agrees to perform services for another without payment.
  4. Law
    1. An order issued by a superior court or an official to a lower court.
    2. A contract by which one party agrees to perform services for another without payment.
tr.v.   man·dat·ed, man·dat·ing, man·dates
  1. To assign (a colony or territory) to a specified nation under a mandate.
  2. To make mandatory, as by law; decree or require: mandated desegregation of public schools.

[Latin mandātum, from neuter past participle of mandāre, to order; see man-2 in Indo-European roots.]
man'da'tor n.
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