constitute
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin constitutum, past participle of constituere. Constructed from the prefix con- and statuere (“to place, set”).
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constitute (third-person singular simple present constitutes, present participle constituting, simple past and past participle constituted)
- (transitive) To set up; to establish; to enact.
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- Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
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- (transitive) To make up; to compose; to form.
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- Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction.
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- (transitive) To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
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- Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.
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NounEdit
constitute (plural constitutes)
- (obsolete) An established law.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for constitute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Further readingEdit
- constitute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- constitute in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
LatinEdit
NounEdit
cōnstitūte
ReferencesEdit
- constitute in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
ScotsEdit
VerbEdit
constitute (third-person singular present constitutes, present participle constitutein, past constitutet, past participle constitutet)
- To constitute.