constitute

1. 1

   To set up; to establish; to enact.transitive

   • Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
2. 2

   To make up; to compose; to form.transitive

   • 1779–81, Samuel Johnson, "Abraham Cowley" in Lives of the Most Eminent English Poet Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction.
3. 3

   To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.transitive

   • Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.

syn. compose · form

1. 1

   An established law.obsolete

   • A naughty man that will not obey the kings constitute.