Appoint and Mandate

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Appoint

Appoint verb - To decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority.

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Mandate and appoint are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mandate" instead a verb "Appoint".

Nearby Words: appointment, appointing, appointive

Mandate

Mandate verb - To request the doing of by virtue of one's authority.

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Appoint and mandate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appoint" instead a verb "Mandate".

Nearby Words: mandatory, mandated, mandatary, mandating

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This is primarily the reason why the Chinese believed the Emperor had the "Mandate of Heaven." Just as an Emperor would appoint a Governor, then probably the Jade Emperor mandated that the Mortal Emperor be governor of this world.

Source: Celestial Bureaucracy

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