[1] : 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.
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            laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
                                                  --jer. taylor.
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   2. to make up; to compose; to form.
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            truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold
            that defies destruction.              --johnson.
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   3. to appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and
      empower.
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            me didst thou constitute a priest of thine.
                                                  --wordsworth.
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   constituted authorities, the officers of government,
      collectively, as of a nation, city, town, etc. --bartlett.
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see also:
constituted constituting stand constituted authorities 

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