constitute

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To be or be considered as something.

   Refusing to pay your taxes constitutes a serious offence.

2. 2
   verb

   To form or make up something when combined together.

   Women constitute about half of the workforce.

3. 3
   verb

   To formally set up or establish something.

   The committee was constituted to review the new rules.

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”).

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