Word: mandated
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: man
da
ted
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of mandate; the commission that is given to a government and its policies through an electoral victory
Morphemes:
Affix: mandate
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The authority to do something, as granted to a politician by the electorate.
Affix: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.