Direct and Mandate

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

Usage example: the caretaker directed that all of the windows be closed before we left

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

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

Usage example: the president of the sports league has mandated drug testing for all active members

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

Dark Heresy is this in a much more specific and direct way: the player characters are acolytes of the Inquisition, the State Sec of said cruel and bloody regime, with a mandate to keep that cruel and bloody regime functional at any cost.

Source: Big Brother is Employing You
Ironically, this was a direct mandate of Sony that Kratos not show any weakness or pain during said attacks.

Source: Defiant to the End

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