mandar

/manˈdaɾ/ · A2 · verb

to order

📮 mandar = issue a MANDate: send an order, send a thing, command

From Latin mandare, to entrust or hand over (manus hand + dare give). English mandate, command and demand share the root. Handing a task to someone is ordering; handing over a parcel is sending.

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