Constitute \Con"sti*tute\ (k[o^]n"st[i^]*t[=u]t), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Constituted; p. pr. & vb. n. Constituting.]
[L.
constitutus, p. p. of constiture to constitute; con- +
statuere to place, set, fr. status station, fr. stare to
stand. See Stand.]
1. To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.
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Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
--Jer. Taylor.
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2. To make up; to compose; to form.
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Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold
that defies destruction. --Johnson.
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3. To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and
empower.
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Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.
--Wordsworth.
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Constituted authorities, the officers of government,
collectively, as of a nation, city, town, etc. --Bartlett.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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77 Moby Thesaurus words for "constitute":
assemble, authorize, build, build up, combine, complement,
complete, compose, comprise, consist of, construct, create,
declare lawful, decree, effect, effectuate, embody, enact,
enact laws, enter into, establish, fabricate, filibuster, fill out,
form, formulate, found, get the floor, go into, have the floor,
inaugurate, incept, incorporate, install, institute, integrate,
join, kill, legalize, legislate, legitimate, legitimatize,
legitimize, lobby through, logroll, make, make a regulation,
make legal, make up, materialize, merge in, mix, ordain, organize,
pass, piece together, pigeonhole, pocket, prescribe, put in force,
put through, put together, railroad through, realize, regulate,
roll logs, sanction, set up, start, structure, synthesize, table,
take the floor, unite in, validate, veto, yield the floor
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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