Definition of Constetute
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.
- To make up; to compose; to form.
- To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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