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/kˈɑnstətˌut/ Listen

verb

Constitute v. t. (past & past part. constituted; pres. part. constituting)

To cause to stand; to establish; to enact. "Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority."

To make up; to compose; to form. "Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction."

To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower. "Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine."

Constituted authorities, the officers of government, collectively, as of a nation, city, town, etc.

noun

Constitute n. An established law. (Obs.)

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