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con·sti·tute

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–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

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—Related forms

con·sti·tut·er, con·sti·tu·tor, noun

—Synonyms 3. institute, commission.

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con·sti·tute Audio Help (kŏn'stĭ-tōōt', -tyōōt') Pronunciation Key
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).
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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