• noun:   the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
• noun:   a document giving an official instruction or command
• noun:   a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they ar able to stand by themselves
• verb:   assign under a mandate

  Example: "Mandate a colony"

• verb:   assign authority to
• verb:   make mandatory

  Example: "The new director of the schoolbaord mandated regular tests"

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