mandating

Verb

mandate (third-person singular simple present mandates, present participle mandating, simple past and past participle mandated)

1. To (officially) require someone to do something or act in a certain way, to give them the authority to do so; to command.
   • A delegate conference was called, and garages invited to mandate their representatives to vote for or against continuance.1958, The Spectator
2. To make mandatory.
   • Federal law mandates that at least one nongroup insurer in your state must provide coverage to everyone, regardless of health issues.2009 March 7, Walecia Konrad, “Hanging On to Health Coverage, if the Job Goes Away”, in The New York Times
3. To administer or assign a territory to a nation under a mandate.
4. (Scotland, especially) To repeat, rehearse sermons or speeches aloud.
   • After I have mandated my exercices.1724, Robert Wodrow, Life of James Wodrow

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