The Collaborative International Dictionary
Constitute \Con"sti*tute\ (k[o^]n"st[ict]*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.]
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To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.
Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
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To make up; to compose; to form.
Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction.
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To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; 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.
Usage examples of "constituted authorities".
About an attempted jailbreak, and an unprovoked attack on duly constituted authorities, and.
This dub, which is in contact with that of Santerre, urges citizens to go armed to-morrow (June 20) to the National Assembly and to the king's Palace, notwithstanding the acts of the constituted authorities.
If the constituted authorities are thus forced to yield to the arbitrary will of a wild multitude, government no longer exists and we are in the saddest stage of anarchy.
With every sentiment of veneration for the constituted authorities, Mr.
The constituted authorities deplored this state of things, but could no more prevent it than the restraints of justice can prevent robberies and assassinations in London or New York.
Before the Families and before the Heads of Families the prisoner mocked the authority of the Heads of Families, the duly constituted authorities here.
Before the Families and before the Reads of Families the prisoner mocked the authority of the Heads of Families, the duly constituted authorities here.
This limitation on transportation also served the useful purpose of preventing departure of workers from their fixed districts without permission of constituted authorities.
Keeping her cooped up here in defiance of the constituted authorities.