To make up; to compose; to form.
1779–81, Samuel Johnson, "Abraham Cowley" in Lives of the Most Eminent English Poet 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.
An established law.
A naughty man that will not obey the kings constitute.
From Middle English constituten, from Latin cōnstitūtum, neuter of cōnstitūtus, past participle of Latin cōnstituō (“to put in place; set up; establish”), from con- (“with”) + statuō (“to put up; esta...
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