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mandate

2 verb
     
man‧date2 [transitive]
1 formal to tell someone that they must do a particular thing:
These measures were mandated by the IMF.
mandate that
Justice mandates that we should treat all candidates equally.
2 [usually passive] to give someone the right or power to do something:
The committee was mandated to co-ordinate measures to help Poland.
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