About The Word Constitute
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Constitute
| Constitute Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Constitute?
[v] set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"
[v] charge with a task or function; "appoint someone president"; "nominate a committee" [v] form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" [v] to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction" Synonyms | Synonyms for Constitute: appoint | be | comprise | establish | found | institute | make up | name | nominate | plant | represent Related Terms | Find terms related to Constitute: assemble | authorize | build | build up | combine | complement | complete | compose | comprise | consist of | construct | create | declare lawful | decree | effect | effectuate | embody | enact | enact laws | enter into | establish | fabricate | filibuster | fill out | form | formulate | found | get the floor | go into | have the floor | inaugurate | incept | incorporate | install | institute | integrate | join | kill | legalize | legislate | legitimate | legitimatize | legitimize | lobby through | logroll | make | make a regulation | make legal | make up | materialize | merge in | mix | ordain | organize | pass | piece together | pigeonhole | pocket | prescribe | put in force | put through | put together | railroad through | realize | regulate | roll logs | sanction | set up | start | structure | synthesize | table | take the floor | unite in | validate | veto | yield the floor See Also | add | appoint | chelate | compose | conglobate | conglobe | constellate | constitute | constitute | constitute | co-opt | establish | fall into | fall under | fix | form | found | initiate | institute | make | name | nominate | pack | pioneer | plant | pose | present | range | straddle | supplement Constitute In Webster's Dictionary \Con"sti*tute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Constituted}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Constituting}.] [L. constitutus, p. p. of
constiture to constitute; con- + statuere to place, set, fr.
status station, fr. stare to stand. See {Stand}.]
1. To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.
Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
--Jer. Taylor.
2. To make up; to compose; to form.
Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold
that defies destruction. --Johnson.
3. To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and
empower.
Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.
--Wordsworth.
{Constituted authorities}, the officers of government,
collectively, as of a nation, city, town, etc. --Bartlett.
\Con"sti*tute\, n. An established law. [Obs.] --T. Preston. |
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