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con·sti·tute    Audio Help   [kon-sti-toot, -tyoot] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -tut·ed, -tut·ing.
1.to compose; form: mortar constituted of lime and sand.
2.to appoint to an office or function; make or create: He was constituted treasurer.
3.to establish (laws, an institution, etc.).
4.to give legal form to (an assembly, court, etc.).
5.to create or be tantamount to: Imports constitute a challenge to local goods.
6.Archaic. to set or place.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < L constitūtus (ptp. of constituere; see constituent), equiv. to con- con- + -stitūtus, comb. form of statūtum, ptp. of statuere to set up. See statute]

—Related forms
con·sti·tut·er, con·sti·tu·tor, noun

—Synonyms 3. institute, commission.
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