1.a document giving an official instruction or command
2.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
3.the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
1.assign under a mandate;
mandate a colony
2.make mandatory;
the new director of the schoolbaord mandated regular tests
3.assign authority to