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Verb mandate has 3 senses

mandate - assign under a mandate; "mandate a colony"
--₁ is one way to delegate, designate, depute, assign

Derived forms: noun mandate₃, noun mandatory₁, noun mandatary₁, noun mandator₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
mandate - make mandatory; "the new director of the schoolbaord mandated regular tests"
--₂ is one way to order, prescribe, dictate

Derived form: noun mandate₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
mandate - assign authority to
--₃ is one way to delegate, designate, depute, assign

Derived form: noun mandator₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
=> Somebody ----s something to somebody