Mandate

Noun

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

Verb

 * 1) to authorize

Derived terms

 * mandatee
 * mandator

Adjectives for Mandate
constitutional; official; illegal; tragic; scholastic; royal; titular.

Verbs for Mandate
cite—; comply with—; enact—; issue—; lay down—; prescribe—; remand—; seal—; yield to—; —appoints; —bids; —commands; -—controls; —decrees; —deposes; —directs; -—dictates; —enjoins; —imposes; —ordains; -proclaims; —summons; —orders.

Thesaurus
adverse possession, agency, agentship, ally, alodium, archduchy, archdukedom, assignment, authority, authorization, behest, bench warrant, bid, bidding, body politic, brevet, buffer state, burgage, call on, call the signals, call upon, capias, captive nation, care, caveat, charge, chieftaincy, chieftainry, city-state, claim, colony, command, commission, commissioning, commitment, commonweal, commonwealth, consignment, constitutional referendum, country, county, cure, de facto, de jure, death warrant, declare, decree, delegated authority, delegation, dependency, deputation, derivative title, devolution, devolvement, dictate, direct, direct initiative, domain, dominion, duchy, dukedom, earldom, embassy, empery, empire, empowerment, enjoin, entrusting, entrustment, errand, executorship, exequatur, factorship, facultative referendum, fee fief, fee position, fee simple, fee simple absolute, fee simple conditional, fee simple defeasible, fee simple determinable, fee tail, feodum, feud, fiat, fiefdom, fieri facias, frankalmoign, free city, free socage, freehold, full power, gavelkind, give an order, give the word, grand duchy, habere facias possessionem, having title to, hold, holding, imperative, indirect initiative, initiative, injunction, instruct, interdict, issue a command, issue a writ, jurisdiction, kingdom, knight service, land, lay fee, lease, leasehold, legal claim, legal possession, legation, license, lieutenancy, mandamus, mandant, mandated territory, mandatee, mandatory, mandatory injunction, mandatory referendum, mission, mittimus, nation, nationality, nisi prius, notice, notification, occupancy, occupation, office, ordain, order, order about, original title, owning, plebiscite, plebiscitum, plenipotentiary power, polis, polity, possessing, possession, power, power of attorney, power to act, precept, preoccupancy, preoccupation, prepossession, prescription, principality, principate, process, proclaim, procuration, prohibitory injunction, promulgate, pronounce, property, property rights, proprietary rights, protectorate, province, proxy, puppet government, puppet regime, purview, realm, recall, referendum, regency, regentship, republic, responsibility, rule, satellite, say the word, search warrant, seisin, seneschalty, settlement, socage, sovereign nation, squatting, state, statutory referendum, sublease, sultanate, superpower, task, tenancy, tenantry, tenure, tenure in chivalry, territory, title, toparchia, toparchy, trust, trusteeship, underlease, undertenancy, usucapion, vicarious authority, villein socage, villeinhold, villenage, warrant, warrant of arrest, warrant of attorney, word, writ

Etymology
Noun is from mandatum:, neut of. mandatus:, past participle of mandare: < manus: + dare:. Compare command, commend, demand, remand.

Verb is from the noun.

Noun

 * Finnish: mandaatti, valtuutus, valtakirja,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:


 * Malay:
 * Portuguese: mandato
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * Finnish:


 * French: autoriser

Noun
mandate



Verb
mandate


 * 1) second-person plural present tense of mandare
 * 2) second-person plural imperative of mandare
 * 3) feminine plural past participle of mandare

Anagrams

 * damante