Both Uses of
mandate
in
Othello, the Moor of Venice
- I obey the mandate
Scene 4.1 *mandate = instruction that must be followed
- Here is the man, this Moor; whom now, it seems, Your special mandate for the state affairs Hath hither brought.†
Scene 1.3 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(mandate as in: a legal mandate) an instruction that must be followed; or to command
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(2)
(mandate as in: the election gave her a mandate) power given to someone to do something -- especially a government to implement policies based on an electoral victory