Thesaurus: constitute

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1. v. t. To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.
2. v. t. To make up; to compose; to form.
3. v. t. To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
4. n. An established law.
5. v. form or compose
6. v. create and charge with a task or function
7. v. to compose or represent
8. v. set up or lay the groundwork for
9. 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 offie; 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. An established law. [Obs.] T. Preston.
10. An established law. [Obs.] T. Preston.