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mandative

adj
/ˈmændətɪv/

Etymology

From mandate + -ive.

  1. borrowed from mandātum — “a charge, order, command, commission, injunction”
  2. suffixed as mandative — “mandate + ive”

Definitions

  1. Indicates the quality of being a command, or being related to the command.

  2. Noting the imperative use of the subjunctive, as in "I insist that he leave immediately".

    • the mandative subjunctive

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA