constitute
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[edit] Etymology
- From Latin constitutum, past participle of constituere. Constructed from the prefix con- and statuere (“‘to place, set’”).
[edit] Verb
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to constitute (third-person singular simple present constitutes, present participle constituting, simple past and past participle constituted)
- To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.
- Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.-- Jeremy Taylor.
- To make up; to compose; to form.
- Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction.--Johnson.
- To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
- Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.-- William Wordsworth.
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to cause to stand; to establish; to enact
to make up; to compose; to form
to appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower
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[edit] External links
- constitute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- constitute in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
