Constitute meaning

kŏn'stĭ-to͝ot', -tyo͝ot'

The definition of constitute means to set up or to have the pieces of something.

An example of constitute is for a one room schoolhouse to be made up of students of all different ages.

verb

To appoint to an office, dignity, function, or task; designate.

verb

To be the elements or parts of; compose.

Copper and tin constitute bronze.

verb

To amount to; equal.

verb

To set up or establish according to law or provision.

A body that is duly constituted under the charter.

verb

To found (an institution, for example).

verb

To enact (a law or regulation).

verb

To set up (a law, government, institution, etc.); establish.

verb

To set up (an assembly, proceedings, etc.) in a legal or official form.

verb

To give a certain office or function to; appoint.

Our officially constituted spokesperson.

verb

To make up; be the components or elements of; form; compose.

Twelve people constitute a jury.

verb

To be actually as designated; meet the definition of or be tantamount to.

Such action constitutes a felony.

verb

To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.

verb

To make up; to compose; to form.

verb

To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.

verb

(obsolete) An established law.

noun

Middle English constituten from Latin cōnstituere cōnstitūt- to set up com- com- statuere to set up stā- in Indo-European roots

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