Lexic.us

Definition of Constitute

1. Verb. Form or compose. "These few men comprise his entire army"

2. Verb. Create and charge with a task or function. "Nominate a committee"

3. Verb. To compose or represent:. "This makes a fine introduction"

4. Verb. Set up or lay the groundwork for. "Establish a new department"

Definition of Constitute

1. v. t. To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.

2. n. An established law.

Definition of Constitute

1. Verb. To cause to stand; to establish; to enact. ¹

2. Verb. To make up; to compose; to form. ¹

3. Verb. To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Constitute

1. [v -TUTED, -TUTING, -TUTES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Constitute

constipates constipating constipation constipations constituative promoter constituencies constituency constituent constituent(a) constituent countries

constituent country constituent enzyme constituently constituents constitutable constitute (current term) constituted constituter constituters constitutes

constituting constitution constitution and bylaws constitutional constitutional-law constitutional amendment constitutional cause constitutional formula constitutional hepatic dysfunction constitutional hirsutism

Literary usage of Constitute

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"The county of Tooele shall constitute the seventh representative district, ... The county of Salt Lake shall constitute the eighth representative district, ..."

2. Annual Report (1852)
"$353 00 From Female Charitable Reading Society, of Woburn Centre, to constitute Mrs. Caroline S. Carter a life member, . . . 20 00 " Ladies' Sewing Circle, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"All other cells of the animal constitute a generation comparable with the sporophytic generation in plants, the fertilized egg being the first cell of this ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1844)
"The mere place of birth or death does not constitute the domicil. ... Two things must concur to constitute a domicil: first, residence; and secondly, ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"There are two Eucharistie elements, bread and wine, which constitute the remote matter of the Sacrament of the Altar, while the proximate matter can be none ..."

6. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"including the president, should constitute a quorum to transact business, the words "including the president" were used to designate what should constitute ..."

Other Resources: