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Constituted

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con⋅sti⋅tute

  [kon-sti-toot, -tyoot]
Use Constituted in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -tut⋅ed, -tut⋅ing.
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.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L constitūtus (ptp. of constituere; see constituent ), equiv. to con- con- + -stitūtus, comb. form of statūtum, ptp. of statuere to set up. See statute

Related forms:
con⋅sti⋅tut⋅er, con⋅sti⋅tu⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
3. institute, commission.
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con·sti·tute   (kŏn'stĭ-tōōt', -tyōōt')   
tr.v.   con·sti·tut·ed, con·sti·tut·ing, con·sti·tutes

    1. To be the elements or parts of; compose: Copper and tin constitute bronze.

    2. To amount to; equal: " Rabies is transmitted through a bite; . . . patting a rabid animal in itself does not constitute exposure" (Malcolm W. Browne).

    3. To set up or establish according to law or provision: a body that is duly constituted under the charter.

    4. To found (an institution, for example).

    5. To enact (a law or regulation).

    1. To set up or establish according to law or provision: a body that is duly constituted under the charter.

    2. To found (an institution, for example).

    3. To enact (a law or regulation).

  3. To appoint to an office, dignity, function, or task; designate.


[Middle English constituten, from Latin cōnstituere, cōnstitūt-, to set up : com-, com- + statuere, to set up; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
con'sti·tut'er, con'sti·tu'tor n.
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Word Origin & History

constitute 
1442, verb use of adjective, "made up, formed" (14c.), from L. constitutus, pp. of constituere "to fix, establish," from com- intensive prefix + statuere "to set" (see statue). Constitution "health, strength, vitality" is from 1553; the political sense evolved after 1689. Constitutional (n.), short for constitutional walk is first recorded 1829. Constituency first recorded 1831.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: con·sti·tute
Pronunciation: 'kän-st&-"tüt, -"tyüt
Function: transitive verb
1 : to appoint to an office or function constituted heirs or named legatees —Louisiana Civil Code> constitutes all magistrates>
2 : ESTABLISH, FOUND constitute tribunals inferior to the supreme Court —U.S. Constitution article I>
3 a : to put (as an agreement) into required form b : to qualify as constitute a will —W. M. McGovern, Junior et al.> constitute negligence> c : to form the substance or whole of constituted the entire estate>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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