[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

constitute \con"stitute\ ko^n"sti^t=ut, n.
   an established law. obs. --t. preston.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

constitute \con"stitute\ ko^n"sti^t=ut, 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.
      1913 webster

            laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
                                                  --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster

   2. to make up; to compose; to form.
      1913 webster

            truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold
            that defies destruction.              --johnson.
      1913 webster

   3. to appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and
      empower.
      1913 webster

            me didst thou constitute a priest of thine.
                                                  --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   constituted authorities, the officers of government,
      collectively, as of a nation, city, town, etc. --bartlett.
      1913 webster
see also:
constituted constituting stand constituted authorities 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

constitute
     v 1: 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" syn: represent,
           make up, comprise, be
     2: create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a
        committee" syn: appoint, name, nominate
     3: to compose or represent:"this wall forms the background of
        the stage setting"; "the branches made a roof"; "this
        makes a fine introduction" syn: form, make
     4: set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new
        department" syn: establish, found, plant, institute
see also:
represent make up comprise be appoint name 
nominate form make establish found 
plant institute 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

77 moby thesaurus words for "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

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