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mandative, a.|ˈmændətɪv|
[ad. late L. mandātīv-us, f. mandāre to command: see mandate n. and -ative.]
Pertaining to command; occas. used in Grammar to render L. modus mandativus, denoting the imperative use of the future.
1651J. Rocket Chr. Subject x. §3 (1658) 114 Though servants have not a mandative power to lay their strict injunctions upon their Masters. 1845Stoddart Gram. in Encycl. Metrop. (1847) I. 51/1 [Kinds of Mood] imperative, mandative, conjunctive, subjunctive [etc.]. |