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the way in which someone or something is composed

the way in which someone or something is composed

The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation.

The state of being; that form of being, or structure and connection of parts, which constitutes and characterizes a system or body; natural condition; structure; texture; conformation.

The aggregate of mental qualities; temperament.

The fundamental, organic law or principles of government of men, embodied in written documents, or implied in the institutions and usages of the country or society; also, a written instrument embodying such organic law, and laying down fundamental rules and principles for the conduct of affairs.

An authoritative ordinance, regulation or enactment; especially, one made by a Roman emperor, or one affecting ecclesiastical doctrine or discipline; as, the constitutions of Justinian.

The fundamental principles and laws adopted by an organization for the regulation and governing of its affairs.

The act of establishing; the thing established; bodily strength; mental or physical temperament; the system of fundamental laws of nation, state, or society.

1. The physical make up of the body, including the mode of performance of its functions, the activity of its metabolic processes, the manner and degree of its reactions to stimuli, and its power of resistance to the attack of pathogenic organisms. 2. In chemistry, the number and kind of atoms in the molecule and the relation which they bear to each other.

The state or physical condition of an animal; composition.

The natural condition of body or mind: a system of laws and customs: the established form of government: in U. S. the highest, fundamental law.

Act of constituting; natural condition of mind or body; code of organic laws; established system of government.

The act of constituting.

A system of related parts; composition; bodily frame or temperament; the organic law, as of a State.

The act of constituting or appointing; that form of being or structure of parts which constitutes a system or body; frame or temper of mind; affections or passions; the established form of government in a state or kingdom; a system of fundamental rules or principles for the government of a state or country; a law or ordinance made by the authority of some superior body, either ecclesiastical or civil. Apostolic constitutions, a code regulative of faith and church discipline ascribed by some to the apostles. Constitutions of Clarendon, certain statutes defining the jurisdiction of church and state drawn up at Clarendon in 1164.

The natural frame of body of any human being or any animal; the peculiar temper of the mind, passions, or affections; the peculiar character or structure of anything, as of air; the established form of government in a country; a particular law or regulation.

Consitutio, Catastasis, Status, from con, and statuere, from stare, to stand. A collection of several parts, forming a whole. In medicine, Constitution means the state of all the organs of the human body considered in regard to their special and relative arrangement, order or activity. A good constitution is one in which every organ is well developed, and endowed with due energy, so that all perform their functions with equal facility. Any want of equilibrium in their development and energy forms a difference in the constitution. We say that a man is of a good or robust, a delicate or weak constitution when be is commonly healthy, or commonly labouring under or unusually susceptible of, disease.

The make-up or functional habit of the body.

In chemistry, the structure of a substance; its make-up with reference to the arrangement of its atoms.

A kind of physiological basis or predisposition, presenting itself as something constant in the individual. [Lat.]

n. Act of constituting formation the state of being; natural condition; —state of body or mind, in respect of health, vigour, &c.; —established form of government; system or body of laws under which a state subsists; —a particular law or usage.

The act of constituting, enacting, establishing ; state of being, natural qualities; corporeal frame; temper of body, with respect to health; temper of mind; established form of government, system of laws and customs; particular law, establishment, institution.