constitute
constitute is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To make up; to compose; to form. Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction. Johnson.
- 2.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.
- 3.An established law. [Obs.] T. Preston.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- admission
- admit
- and
- appertain
- appurtenance
- belong
- build
- class
- combination
- combine
- component
- compose
- composed
- composition
- comprehend
- comprehension
- consist
- constituent
- constitution
- contain
- contents
- crasis
- drag
- element
- embodiment
- embody
- embrace
- enter
- feature
- fill
- form
- formation
- formed
- forming
- hold
- implicate
- include
- inclusion
- inclusive
- ingredient
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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