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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Constitute \Con"sti*tute\ (k[o^]n"st[ict]*t[=u]t), verb (used with an object) [imp. &
p. p. {Constituted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Constituting}.] [L.
constitutus, p. p. of constiture to constitute; con- +
statuere to place, set, fr. status station, fr. stare to
stand. See {Stand}.]
1. To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.
Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
--Jer. Taylor.
2. To make up; to compose; to form.
Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold
that defies destruction. --Johnson.
3. To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and
empower.
Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.
--Wordsworth.
{Constituted authorities}, the officers of government,
collectively, as of a nation, city, town, etc. --Bartlett.
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