'Constitute' definitions:
Definition of 'constitute'
From: WordNet
verb
Form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be]
verb
Create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee" [syn: appoint, name, nominate, constitute]
verb
To compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction" [syn: form, constitute, make]
verb
Definition of 'Constitute'
From: GCIDE
- Constitute \Con"sti*tute\ (k[o^]n"st[i^]*t[=u]t), v. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make up; to compose; to form. [1913 Webster]
- Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower. [1913 Webster]
- Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- Constituted authorities, the officers of government, collectively, as of a nation, city, town, etc. --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Constitute'
From: GCIDE
- Constitute \Con"sti*tute\ (k[o^]n"st[i^]*t[=u]t), n. An established law. [Obs.] --T. Preston. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'constitute'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- assemble,
- authorize,
- build,
- build up,
- combine,
- complement,
- complete,
- compose,
- comprise,
- consist of,
- construct,
- create,
- declare lawful,
- decree,
- effect,
- effectuate,
- embody,
- enact,
- enact laws,
- enter into,
- establish,
- fabricate,
- filibuster,
- fill out,
- form,
- formulate,
- found,
- get the floor,
- go into,
- have the floor,
- inaugurate,
- incept,
- incorporate,
- install,
- institute,
- integrate,
- join,
- kill,
- legalize,
- legislate,
- legitimate,
- legitimatize,
- legitimize,
- lobby through,
- logroll,
- make,
- make a regulation,
- make legal,
- make up,
- materialize,
- merge in,
- mix,
- ordain,
- organize,
- pass,
- piece together,
- pigeonhole,
- pocket,
- prescribe,
- put in force,
- put through,
- put together,
- railroad through,
- realize,
- regulate,
- roll logs,
- sanction,
- set up,
- start,
- structure,
- synthesize,
- table,
- take the floor,
- unite in,
- validate,
- veto,
- yield the floor
Words containing 'Constitute'
- Constituted,
- Constituter,
- Constituting,
- Constitution,
- Constitutional,
- Constitutionalism,
- Constitutionality,
- Constitutionally,
- Constitutive,
- Constitutively,
- Apostolic constitutions,
- Constituted authorities,
- Constitutional law,
- constitution state,
- constitutional convention,
- constitutional formula,
- duly constituted,
- genetic constitution,
- u.s. constitution,
- us constitution,
- constitution of the united states,
- constitutional union party,
- self-constituted,
- united states constitution,
- sand-lot constitution