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Webster 1913 Edition
Constitute
Con′sti-tute
(kŏn′stĭ-tūt)
, Verb.
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
(kŏn′stĭ-tūt)
, Noun.
An established law.
[Obs.]
T. Preston.
Webster 1828 Edition
Constitute
CONSTITUTE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To set; to fix; to enact; to establish.We must obey laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority, not against the law of God.
2.
To form or compose; to give formal existence to; to make a thing what it is.Perspicuity constitutes the prime excellence of style.
Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction.
3.
To appoint, depute or elect to an office or employment; to make and empower.A sheriff is constituted a conservator of the peace.
A has constituted B his attorney or agent.
Definition 2024
constitute
constitute
English
Verb
constitute (third-person singular simple present constitutes, present participle constituting, simple past and past participle constituted)
- To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.
- Jeremy Taylor
- Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
- Jeremy Taylor
- To make up; to compose; to form.
- Johnson
- Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction.
- Johnson
- To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
- William Wordsworth
- Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.
- William Wordsworth
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
to cause to stand; to establish; to enact
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to make up; to compose; to form
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to appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower
Noun
constitute (plural constitutes)
- (obsolete) An established law.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of T. Preston to this entry?)
External links
- constitute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- constitute in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Latin
Noun
constitūte
- vocative singular of constitūtus
References
- CONSTITUTE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Scots
Verb
constitute (third-person singular present constitutes, present participle constitutein, past constitutet, past participle constitutet)
- To constitute.