Constitute
Constitute (kon"sti*tūt) , transitive verb
[Latin constitutus, past participle of constiture to constitute; con- + statuere to place, set, from status station, from stare to stand. See Stand.]
1.
To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.
Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
2.
To make up; to compose; to form.
Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction.
3.
To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.
Collocations (1)
Constituted authorities , the officers of government, collectively, as of a nation, city, town, etc. — Bartlett
Constitute (kon"sti*tūt) , noun
An established law. [Obsolete] — T. Preston