Definify.com
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.