establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
(verb) set up or lay the groundwork for; “establish a new department”
appoint, name, nominate, constitute
(verb) create and charge with a task or function; “nominate a committee”
constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be
(verb) form or compose; “This money is my only income”; “The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance”; “These constitute my entire belonging”; “The children made up the chorus”; “This sum represents my entire income for a year”; “These few men comprise his entire army”
form, constitute, make
(verb) to compose or represent; “This wall forms the background of the stage setting”; “The branches made a roof”; “This makes a fine introduction”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
constitute (third-person singular simple present constitutes, present participle constituting, simple past and past participle constituted)
(transitive) To set up; to establish; to enact.
(transitive) To make up; to compose; to form.
(transitive) To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
• (set up): establish, enact
• (make up): make up, compose, form; see also compose
• (appoint)
constitute (plural constitutes)
(obsolete) An established law.
Source: Wiktionary
Con"sti*tute, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Constituted; p.pr. & vb.n. Constituting.] Etym: [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 offie; 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.
Con"sti*tute, n.
Definition: An established law. [Obs.] T. Preston.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 January 2025
(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; “they run things by the book around here”
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