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verb

Constitute v. t. (past & past part. constituted; pres. part. constituting)

To cause to stand; to establish; to enact. "Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority."

To make up; to compose; to form. "Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction."

To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower. "Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine."

Constituted authorities, the officers of government, collectively, as of a nation, city, town, etc.

noun

Constitute n. An established law. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Constitute'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Constitute" Quotes from Famous Books

... is a general term for the recurrence within certain intervals of syllables similarly affected. The syllables that have just been numbered are similarly affected, being similarly accented. Accent is not the only quality of a syllable, which by returning at regular intervals can constitute metre. It is the one, however, upon which English metre depends. English metre essentially consists in the regular recurrence of ...

— A Handbook of the English Language • Robert Gordon Latham

... few inches long. Under these kettles, out of doors, the fire is made, and coals put upon the flat covers. In this way the hoe-cake is baked in one, while the bacon is fried in the other. These two viands, with an occasional mess of greens or potatoes, constitute the bill of fare month in and month out. No wonder the poor girl lost her appetite. She was supplied from the Home with what she needed to make herself comfortable in the one very small room which she is fortunate ...

— American Missionary, Volume 50, No. 8, August, 1896 • Various

... the main tower - Chester Beach These groups constitute the historical composition in the tower on the north side of the court. Beginning with the lower one, they represent the primitive ages, the middle ages, and ...

— The Art of the Exposition • Eugen Neuhaus

... is certain death. The mule and donkey are not troubled by it, nor are sucking calves, while dogs, though fed upon milk, perish. Such different effects produced upon animals whose nature is similar, constitute one of the most curious phenomena ...

— Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa - Journeys and Researches in South Africa • David Livingstone

... be erected in some spacious Part of the City; and that the Direction thereof may be made a Franchise in Fee to me, and my Heirs for ever. And that the Town may have no Jealousy of my ever coming to an Union with the Set of Actors now in being, I do further propose to constitute for my Deputy my near Kinsman and Adventurer, Kit Crotchet, [1] whose long Experience and Improvements in those Affairs need no Recommendation. Twas obvious to every Spectator what a quite different Foot the Stage ...

— The Spectator, Volume 2. • Addison and Steele

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