CONSTITUTES

Verb

constitutes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of constitute

Source: Wiktionary


CONSTITUTE

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



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