constitute

tr.v., -tut·ed, -tut·ing, -tutes.

1. 1. To be the elements or parts of; compose: Copper and tin constitute bronze.
   2. To amount to; equal: “ Rabies is transmitted through a bite; . . . patting a rabid animal in itself does not constitute exposure” (Malcolm W. Browne).
2. 1. To set up or establish according to law or provision: a body that is duly constituted under the charter.
   2. To found (an institution, for example).
   3. To enact (a law or regulation).
3. To appoint to an office, dignity, function, or task; designate.

[Middle English constituten, from Latin cōnstituere, cōnstitūt-, to set up : com-, com- + statuere, to set up.]

constituter con'sti·tut'er or con'sti·tu'tor n.

verb

1. To be the constituent parts of: compose, form, make (up). See be.
2. To be equivalent or tantamount: amount, correspond, equal. Idioms: have all the earmarks. See be.
3. To put in force or cause to be by legal authority: enact, establish, legislate, make, promulgate. See action/inaction, make/unmake, politics.
4. To bring into existence formally: create, establish, found, institute, organize, originate, set up, start. See start/end.

v

Definition: authorize
Antonyms: deny, refuse

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

To comprise or put together. That which is duly constituted is properly made up and formally correct and valid.

Constituted authorities are officers who are properly appointed under constitutional provision to govern the people.

(DOD) To provide the legal authority for the existence of a new unit of the Armed Services. The new unit is designated and listed, but it has no specific existence until it is activated. See also commission.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - udgøre, betegne, udnævne, nedsætte, indstifte, indrette, fastsætte

Nederlands (Dutch)
vormen, neerkomen op, vestigen

Français (French)
v. tr. - constituer, créer, nommer

Deutsch (German)
v. - bilden, ausmachen, darstellen, ernennen zu, gründen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συνιστώ, συγκροτώ, αποτελώ, απαρτίζω, προσδίδω νομική υπόσταση

Italiano (Italian)
costituire, comporre

Português (Portuguese)
v. - constituir

Русский (Russian)
составлять, учреждать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - constituir, componer, integrar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utgöra, konstituera, upprätta, utse ngn till

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
制定, 组成, 建立

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 制定, 組成, 建立

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 구성하다, 임명하다, (법령 등을) 제정하다, 야기하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 構成する, 制定する, 任命する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) كون, شكل, أقام, ولى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮היווה, הסמיך, מינה, הקים, ייסד, יצר‬

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