OCR Text |
Show ' r LEARN A WORD EVERY DAY j A Today s word is mandate. It's pronounced man-date, with accent ac-cent on the first syllable It means an authoritative command; com-mand; has been used recently to designate des-ignate an aut horizat Ion by the League of Xatiops to some Power to direct affairs af-fairs in a country or district considered consid-ered incompetent to govern Itself. I It comes from- Latin mandare. ' to commit to one's charge, being a combination of tho two Latin word ' manus.f hand, and "dare." lo give. It's ued like this 'The French deny sentencing Charles R. Crane, nn American, to prison for criticizing tho way they aro exercising their mandate In Svrla, but it Is evident they aro annoyed. an-noyed. " |