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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.
EXPANDto create or be tantamount to: Imports constitute a challenge to local goods.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin constitūtus (past participle of constituere; see constituent), equivalent to con- con- + -stitūtus, combining form of statūtum, past participle of statuere to set up. See statute
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin constitūtus (past participle of constituere; see constituent), equivalent to con- con- + -stitūtus, combining form of statūtum, past participle of statuere to set up. See statute
Related forms
con·sti·tut·er, con·sti·tu·tor, noun
non·con·sti·tut·ed, adjective
pre·con·sti·tute, verb (used with object), -tut·ed, -tut·ing.
self-con·sti·tut·ed, adjective
self-con·sti·tut·ing, adjective
EXPANDSynonyms
3. institute, commission.
3. institute, commission.
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Word Origin & History
constitute
mid-15c., verb use of adjective, "made up, formed" (14c.), from L. constitutus "arranged, settled," pp. adj. from constituere "to cause to stand, set up, fix, place, establish;" of persons, "to appoint to an office; to establish, to form something new, to decide," from com- intensive prefix + statuere
EXPAND"to set" (see statue).
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