Synonyms: compel, force, constrain, necessitate, oblige, require
Conjugation
| Indicative mood |
|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
|---|
| (I) mandate | (I) mandated |
| (thou) mandatest | (thou) mandatedst |
| (he) mandates, mandateth | (he) mandated |
| (we) mandate | (we) mandated |
| (you) mandate | (you) mandated |
| (they) mandate | (they) mandated |
| Subjunctive mood |
|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
|---|
| (I) mandate | (I) mandated |
| (thou) mandate | (thou) mandated |
| (he) mandate | (he) mandated |
| (we) mandate | (we) mandated |
| (you) mandate | (you) mandated |
| (they) mandate | (they) mandated |
| Imperative mood |
|---|
| mandate |
| Participles |
|---|
| Present participle | Past participle |
|---|
| mandating | mandated |
Texas is on the verge of mandating more than 5 million of its public school students to study Bible stories, as the state emerges as a leader in a national conservative effort to infuse Christian teachings into American classrooms.