| 1. | to compose; form: mortar constituted of lime and sand. |
| 2. | to appoint to an office or function; make or create: He was constituted treasurer. |
| 3. | to establish (laws, an institution, etc.). |
| 4. | to give legal form to (an assembly, court, etc.). |
| 5. | to create or be tantamount to: Imports constitute a challenge to local goods. |
| 6. | Archaic. to set or place. |
