constitute

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to compose or represent

   This constitutes a reversal of our previous policy.

2. 2
   verb

   To set up; to establish; to enact.

   Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.

3. 3
   verb

   To make up; to compose; to form.

   1779–81, Samuel Johnson, "Abraham Cowley" in Lives of the Most Eminent English Poet Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction.

4. 4
   verb

   To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.

   Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.

5. 5
   noun

   An established law.

   A naughty man that will not obey the kings constitute.

6. 6
   verb

   to set up or lay the groundwork for

7. 7
   verb

   to create and charge with a task or function

8. 8
   verb

   to form or compose

Etymology

From Middle English constituten, from Latin cōnstitūtum, neuter of cōnstitūtus, past participle of Latin cōnstituō (“to put in place; set up; establish”), from con- (“with”) + statuō (“to put up; establish”).