constitute
[ kon-sti-toot, -tyoot ]
/ ˈkɒn stɪˌtut, -ˌtyut /
verb (used with object), con·sti·tut·ed, con·sti·tut·ing.
to compose; form: mortar constituted of lime and sand.
to appoint to an office or function; make or create: He was constituted treasurer.
to establish (laws, an institution, etc.).
to give legal form to (an assembly, court, etc.).
to create or be tantamount to: Imports constitute a challenge to local goods.
Archaic.
to set or place.
Origin of constitute
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
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British Dictionary definitions for constitute
constitute
/ (ˈkɒnstɪˌtjuːt) /
verb (tr)
to make up; form; compose
the people who constitute a jury
to appoint to an office or function
a legally constituted officer
to set up (a school or other institution) formally; found
law
to give legal form to (a court, assembly, etc)
law obsolete
to set up or enact (a law)
Derived forms of constitute
constituter or constitutor, nounWord Origin for constitute
C15: from Latin
constituere, from
com- (intensive) +
statuere to place