constitute
    v 1: 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" [syn:
         constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be]
    2: create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a
       committee" [syn: appoint, name, nominate, constitute]
    3: to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of
       the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a
       fine introduction" [syn: form, constitute, make]
    4: set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new
       department" [syn: establish, found, plant,
       constitute, institute]

Constitute \Con"sti*tute\ (k[o^]n"st[i^]*t[=u]t), n.
   An established law. [Obs.] --T. Preston.
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Constitute \Con"sti*tute\ (k[o^]n"st[i^]*t[=u]t), v. t. [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.
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            Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
                                                  --Jer. Taylor.
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   2. To make up; to compose; to form.
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            Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold
            that defies destruction.              --Johnson.
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   3. To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and
      empower.
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            Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.
                                                  --Wordsworth.
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   Constituted authorities, the officers of government,
      collectively, as of a nation, city, town, etc. --Bartlett.
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