† constituteadj.n.

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s constitut.

Etymology: < Latin constitūtus, past participle of constituĕre; in later use probably regarded as contracted < constituted.

Obsolete or archaic.

A. adj.

I. As past participle.

1. Constituted, appointed, established, etc.; see the verb.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > ordaining, prescribing, or appointing > ordained, prescribed, or appointed

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assignedc1374

ordaineda1382

peremptor1397

prescriptc1460

constitute1483

prescribedc1503

assigneea1513

stinteda1513

peremptory1513

pointed1523

appointed1535

state1581

statuted1606

stated1644

instituted1647

constituted1651

indictive1656

indicteda1706

issued1760

prescriptive1765

ordered1780

mandated1944

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 71/2 Thenne our lord sente pestylence the tyme constytute.

1486 Lichfield Gild Register lf. 8 b [We] haue ordened and constitute vpon certaine articles for the..welfare of the Cominalte.

a1535 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. (1557) 1283/1 As by the disobedience of one manne, many be constitute and made synners.

1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Tabil sig. *.vi Ane sacrament is constitute or maid of twa principal partis.

1613 J. Salkeld Treat. Angels 39 As though they [Angels] were..constitute of matter and forme as man is.

1719 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 443 It could not be read till the Assembly was constitute.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) An ecclesiastical court..is said to be constitute with prayer by the Moderator.

II. As an adjective: constituted.

2. = constituted adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > created or produced > formed or constructed

wroughtOE

confecta1398

combinedc14..

complosec1420

made1428

counterfeit1463

edificatec1470

construct?a1475

featuredc1500

compact1531

fashioned1535

conflate1541

confectedc1550

framed1565

timbered1570

constitute1589

compacted1598

fact1600

coagulate1610

quilted1617

coagulated1633

conflated1652

composititious1657

made-up1677

compactilea1682

constructed1785

put-together1848

compaginate1877

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. 255 The vertues of a well constitute body and minde.

1744 T. Short in Philos. Trans. 1740–41 (Royal Soc.) 41 625 The most irregularly constitute Year of any in my Time.

1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 119 Constitute, or subsequent undertaking of a person, who engages to pay a subsisting debt, or fulfil an existing obligation of [another].

B. n.

1. An ordinance.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > [noun] > edict, decree, ordinance, or institute

doomc825

i-setnessec900

setnessc950

edict1297

statutec1300

purveyancea1325

assize1330

ordinancec1330

decreetc1374

constitutionc1380

decree?a1400

sizea1400

stablementc1400

edictionc1470

stablishment1473

ordinationc1499

estatutea1514

placarda1530

prescript1532

golden bull1537

rescript1545

institute1546

institution1551

constitutec1561

sanction1570

decretal1588

ordain1596

decretum1602

invention1639

scite1656

dispositive1677

bull1696

ordonnance1702

subnotation1839

senatus consultum1875

fatwa1989

c1561 T. Preston Cambises in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) IV. 189 A naughty man that will not obey the kings constitute.

2. A person instituted to an office.

ΚΠ

a1610 in Maidment Sc. Pasquils 9 They'll say they have their substituts, But I say these are not Christ's constituts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

constitutev.

/ˈkɒnstɪtjuːt/

Etymology: < Latin constitūt-, participial stem of constituĕre to set up, post, establish, appoint, ordain, < con- intensive + statuĕre to set up, place: see statute n.¹ The past participle was in early times often constitut, -ute (from Latin constitūtus), and this is still retained in technical phraseology in Scotland.

†1.

a. transitive. To set, place (in a specified state, situation, condition, etc.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > bring (a person or thing) into a state or condition

set971

haveOE

wendOE

to bring onc1230

teemc1275

putc1330

run1391

casta1400

laya1400

stead1488

constitute1490

render1490

takea1530

introduce1532

deduce1545

throw?1548

derive?c1550

turn1577

to work up1591

estate1605

arrive1607

state1607

enduea1616

assert1638

sublime1654

to run up1657

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)]

doeOE

layc950

seta1000

puta1225

dight1297

pilt?a1300

stow1362

stick1372

bestowc1374

affichea1382

posec1385

couchc1386

dressa1387

assize1393

yarkc1400

sita1425

place1442

colloque1490

siegea1500

stake1513

win1515

plat1529

collocate1548

campc1550

posit1645

posture1645

constitute1652

impose1681

sist1852

shove1902

spot1937

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxviii. H ij b The longe sorowe mortalle in whiche was constytuted the faire Elysse or Dydo.

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) v. iv. sig. qq.i He constytuteth hys ende, and blyssednes in y^e thynge y^t he desyreth soueraynly.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια *261 The fiery starre of Mars, constituted in the midst of heaven.

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. iv. 263 The Turks..releasing..several hundreds of captive Mussulmans and constituting in the Vacancies as many of their new Slaves, returned.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost vi. 152 The Council of Trent, after having weighed long whether to say man was created in grace, finally determined to say that man was constituted in grace.

†b. To set up (in an office or position of authority). Obsolete (cf. 2.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)]

setc1000

stevenOE

assign1297

inseta1300

stable1300

ordaina1325

instituec1384

to put ina1387

limitc1405

point?1405

stablish1439

institutec1475

invest1489

assumec1503

to fill the hands of1535

establish1548

settle1548

appoint1557

place1563

assumptc1571

dispose1578

seat1595

state1604

instate1613

to bring ina1616

officea1616

constitute1616

impose1617

ascribe1624

install1647

to set up1685

prick1788

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Constitute, to ordaine, to appoint.

a1629 C. Cornwallis Disc. Prince Henry (1641) 14 Princes and men constituted in high places.

1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 522 He..constituted Eumachus over the whole nation.

?1720 Wonderful Wonder 2 He hath been constituted by the higher Powers in the Station of Receiver-General.

†2.

a. To set up, appoint, ordain (an officer). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint

asetc885

teachc897

deemc900

ashapea1000

i-demeOE

setc1000

shiftc1000

stevenOE

redeOE

willOE

lookc1175

showc1175

stablea1300

devise1303

terminea1325

shapec1330

stightlea1375

determinec1384

judgea1387

sign1389

assize1393

statute1397

commanda1400

decree1399

yarka1400

writec1405

decreetc1425

rule1447

stallc1460

constitute1481

assignc1485

institute1485

prescribec1487

constitue1489

destinate1490

to lay down1493

make?a1513

call1523

plant1529

allot1532

stint1533

determ1535

appointa1538

destinec1540

prescrive1552

lot1560

fore-appoint1561

nominate1564

to set down1576

refer1590

sort1592

doom1594

fit1600

dictate1606

determinate1636

inordera1641

state1647

fix1660

direct1816

society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > appoint (an official)

appointc1460

constitute1481

constitue1489

to set up1642

1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) 14 How therle of tholouse toke the cyte of albane, and therin constituted a bisshop.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 159/1 Those bishops, that you constitute.

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 31 in Justice Vindicated When supreme powers..constitute any magistrate.

1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. viii. 182 A King of England..was not constituted to make Laws, but to see those Laws kept, which the People made.

b. To appoint to the office, function, or dignity of; to make, create. (With object and complement)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > appoint to the office of

makelOE

make?a1160

constitute1477

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 35 That ye ordeyne and constytute the sayd noble Iason Capytayne of thys Royaume.

c1524 William of Malvern Found. Abbey of Glocester iii, in Robert of Gloucester Chron. (1724) 579 The said noble Osrike..Kingburge his sister did constitute Abbesse.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxii. 115 Where one Man..is constituted Representative of the whole number.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 132 We constituted him Captain.

1879 R. T. Smith St. Basil 126 Recording how the Lord constituted Peter, after himself, shepherd of the Church.

a. To set up, ordain, establish, appoint, determine (a law, regulation, etc.). ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legislation > make (laws) or establish as law [verb (transitive)]

setc893

lawa1023

makeOE

lay11..

stablishc1405

constitue1489

constitute1535

1535 T. Starkey Let. in Eng. in Reign Henry VIII (1878) i. p. xix The wych sayn Jerome playnly affyrmyth to be constytute in remedium scismatis.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Constitute decrees or lawes, sancire leges.

1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living iii. §1 183 We must obey all humane laws appointed and constituted by lawful Authority.

1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes iv. 186 Let this be constituted..as firmly, as this Grant is constituted.

1814 R. Southey Roderick xiii What terms Asturias..Doth constitute to be the law.

†b. with object clause. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1593 R. Harvey Philadelphus 100 Martin of Roome constituted that his Clergy should vowe chastitie.

1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV 18 Whereby God has from al eternitie constituted with himself what he wil do.

1686 J. S. Hist. Monastical Convent. 107 Pope Leo the Tenth Instituted the Order of St. Peter; constituting those of the Order to wear..the Effigies of that Saint.

†c. absol. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1486 Lichfield Gild Register lf. 8 b [We] haue ordened and constitute vpon certaine articles for the..welfare of the Cominalte.

1572 J. Whitgift Answere to Admon. 25 The Churche of Christe hathe authoritie to ordeyn and constitute..in those thyngs before of me rehersed.

1661 A. Marvell Let. 6 Apr. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 22 My Lord thought it not worth the while to constitute..in a thing so shortly to be altered & reformed.

a. To set up, establish, found (an institution, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > found or establish

arear?a800

astellc885

planteOE

i-set971

onstellOE

rightOE

stathelOE

raisec1175

stofnec1175

stablea1300

morec1300

ordainc1325

fermc1330

foundc1330

instore1382

instituec1384

establec1386

firmc1425

roota1450

steadfastc1450

establishc1460

institute1483

to set up1525

radicate1531

invent1546

constitute1549

ordinate1555

rampire1555

upset1559

stay1560

erect1565

makea1568

settle1582

stablish1590

seminarize1593

statuminatea1628

hain1635

bottom1657

haft1755

start1824

1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Celebr. Holye Communion f. cxvi Whiche haste ordayned & constituted the seruices of Angels and men in a wonderfull ordre.

a1605 J. Stow Mem. Antiq. (R.) This Brutus had three sonnes, who constituted three kingdoms.

1676 I. Mather Hist. King Philip's War (1862) 39 Six Churches have been constituted amongst the Indians.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (1793) 108 Provincial assemblies are constituted, with the power of making local ordinances.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 90 To constitute a tribunal.

1863 D. Rowland Laws Nat. 5 Grotius did not constitute a system..of natural law.

b. To give legal or official form or shape to (an assembly, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > [verb (transitive)] > establish legally

i-lahie1014

createa1475

constitute1638

1638 Duke of Hamilton in Hamilton Papers (1880) 62 Aduyce uhidder this assem[bly] uas not lafully constituted.

1714 G. Lockhart Mem. Affairs Scotl. 116 The first two Days being spent in constituting the House.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. To constitute, a term generally used in S[cotland], to denote the opening of an ecclesiastical court with prayer by him who presides in it.

1833 A. Alison Hist. Europe during French Revol. I. iii. 137 Intimation was sent to the other orders that they would proceed to constitute themselves.

1871 H. Moncrieff Pract. Free Ch. Scotl. i. 9.

1886 Act 49 & 50 Vict. c. 50 §3 Any lease, tack, or set, whether constituted by writing or verbally.

5. To frame, form, make (by combination of elements); esp. in passive to have a constitution or make of a specified sort. (Very frequent in reference to the bodily or mental constitution.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct

workOE

dighta1175

to set upc1275

graitha1300

formc1300

pitchc1330

compoundc1374

to put togethera1387

performc1395

bigc1400

elementc1400

complexion1413

erect1417

framea1450

edifya1464

compose1481

construe1490

to lay together1530

perstruct1547

to piece together1572

condite1578

conflate1583

compile1590

to put together1591

to set together1603

draw1604

build1605

fabric1623

complicate1624

composit1640

constitute1646

compaginate1648

upa1658

complex1659

construct1663

structurate1664

structure1664

confect1677

to put up1699

rig1754

effect1791

structuralize1913

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 188 Many..whose Livers are weakely constituted .

1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. vi. 103 We are so constituted that Time abundantly abates our Sorrows.

1772 C. Hutton Princ. Bridges p. iv Directions for constituting and adapting to one another, the several..parts of a bridge.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 45 The houses are of wood; but when well constituted..they are warmer than those built of brick or stone.

1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 163 Faculties constituted like our own.

6. To make (a person or thing) something; to establish or set up as. (With object and complement) Cf. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > found or establish > establish or constitute a person as something

constitute1534

to-establisha1562

1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1283/1 As by the disobedience of one manne, many be constitute and made synners.

1646 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 4) 10 Ever Constitute the defect of his morality, thy precaution.

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 74 That which constituteth him a visible member.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. v. 413 The will of a single man..cannot be allowed to constitute itself an irremoveable obstacle to a great national good.

1873 W. Black Princess of Thule vi. 81 He had constituted himself her companion.

7. (with simple object) To make (a thing) what it is; to give its being to, form, determine.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > determine

govern?1473

determine1651

constitute1848

condition1868

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. i. v. §9 This theorem..that the demand for labour is constituted by the wages which precede the production.

1862 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris (1880) 25 All wealth is intrinsic, and is not constituted by the judgment of men.

8. To make up, form, compose; to be the elements or material of which the thing spoken of consists. (Correlative to consist v. 7.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > be (part of) [verb (transitive)] > be the or a component(s) of

graitha1300

form1377

makea1393

compone1398

constitute1552

go1559

to make up1589

mould1602

compounda1616

integrate1638

elementate1660

compose1665

represent1776

comprise1794

account1893

1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Tabil sig. *.vi Ane sacrament is constitute or maid of twa principal partis.

1675 J. Ogilby Britannia 30 It constitutes the isle of Alney.

1683 J. Dryden Life Plutarch 34 in J. Dryden et al. tr. Plutarch Lives I One Body of Men, constituted of many individuals.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xiv. 106 The happiness of a Brute can never constitute the true happiness of a Man.

1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds iv. 51 The things which constitute wealth.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxii. 156 The rocks which constitute the crest of the mountain.

1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation iv. 100 Poverty, as such, constitutes no title to academical funds.

1879 J. Lubbock Addresses, Polit. & Educ. iv. 70 Reading, writing, and arithmetic..do not in themselves constitute an education.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	constitute
释义	† constituteadj.n. Forms: Also Middle English–1500s constitut. Etymology: < Latin constitūtus, past participle of constituĕre; in later use probably regarded as contracted < constituted. Obsolete or archaic. A. adj. I. As past participle. 1. Constituted, appointed, established, etc.; see the verb. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > ordaining, prescribing, or appointing > ordained, prescribed, or appointed setc1050 assignedc1374 ordaineda1382 peremptor1397 prescriptc1460 constitute1483 prescribedc1503 assigneea1513 stinteda1513 peremptory1513 pointed1523 appointed1535 state1581 statuted1606 stated1644 instituted1647 constituted1651 indictive1656 indicteda1706 issued1760 prescriptive1765 ordered1780 mandated1944 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 71/2 Thenne our lord sente pestylence the tyme constytute. 1486 Lichfield Gild Register lf. 8 b [We] haue ordened and constitute vpon certaine articles for the..welfare of the Cominalte. a1535 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. (1557) 1283/1 As by the disobedience of one manne, many be constitute and made synners. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Tabil sig. .vi Ane sacrament is constitute or maid of twa principal partis. 1613 J. Salkeld Treat. Angels* 39 As though they [Angels] were..constitute of matter and forme as man is. 1719 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 443 It could not be read till the Assembly was constitute. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) An ecclesiastical court..is said to be constitute with prayer by the Moderator. II. As an adjective: constituted. 2. = constituted adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > created or produced > formed or constructed wroughtOE wroughtOE confecta1398 combinedc14.. complosec1420 made1428 counterfeit1463 edificatec1470 construct?a1475 featuredc1500 compact1531 fashioned1535 conflate1541 confectedc1550 framed1565 timbered1570 constitute1589 compacted1598 fact1600 coagulate1610 quilted1617 coagulated1633 conflated1652 composititious1657 made-up1677 compactilea1682 constructed1785 put-together1848 compaginate1877 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. 255 The vertues of a well constitute body and minde. 1744 T. Short in Philos. Trans. 1740–41 (Royal Soc.) 41 625 The most irregularly constitute Year of any in my Time. 1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 119 Constitute, or subsequent undertaking of a person, who engages to pay a subsisting debt, or fulfil an existing obligation of [another]. B. n. 1. An ordinance. ΘΚΠ society > law > [noun] > edict, decree, ordinance, or institute doomc825 i-setnessec900 setnessc950 edict1297 statutec1300 purveyancea1325 assize1330 ordinancec1330 decreetc1374 constitutionc1380 decree?a1400 sizea1400 stablementc1400 edictionc1470 stablishment1473 ordinationc1499 estatutea1514 placarda1530 prescript1532 golden bull1537 rescript1545 institute1546 institution1551 constitutec1561 sanction1570 decretal1588 ordain1596 decretum1602 invention1639 scite1656 dispositive1677 bull1696 ordonnance1702 subnotation1839 senatus consultum1875 fatwa1989 c1561 T. Preston Cambises in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) IV. 189 A naughty man that will not obey the kings constitute. 2. A person instituted to an office. ΚΠ a1610 in Maidment Sc. Pasquils 9 They'll say they have their substituts, But I say these are not Christ's constituts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). constitutev. /ˈkɒnstɪtjuːt/ Etymology: < Latin constitūt-, participial stem of constituĕre to set up, post, establish, appoint, ordain, < con- intensive + statuĕre to set up, place: see statute n.¹ The past participle was in early times often constitut, -ute (from Latin constitūtus), and this is still retained in technical phraseology in Scotland. †1. a. transitive. To set, place (in a specified state, situation, condition, etc.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > bring (a person or thing) into a state or condition set971 haveOE wendOE to bring onc1230 teemc1275 putc1330 run1391 casta1400 laya1400 stead1488 constitute1490 render1490 takea1530 introduce1532 deduce1545 throw?1548 derive?c1550 turn1577 to work up1591 estate1605 arrive1607 state1607 enduea1616 assert1638 sublime1654 to run up1657 the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] doeOE layc950 seta1000 puta1225 dight1297 pilt?a1300 stow1362 stick1372 bestowc1374 affichea1382 posec1385 couchc1386 dressa1387 assize1393 yarkc1400 sita1425 place1442 colloque1490 siegea1500 stake1513 win1515 plat1529 collocate1548 campc1550 posit1645 posture1645 constitute1652 impose1681 sist1852 shove1902 spot1937 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxviii. H ij b The longe sorowe mortalle in whiche was constytuted the faire Elysse or Dydo. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) v. iv. sig. qq.i He constytuteth hys ende, and blyssednes in y^e thynge y^t he desyreth soueraynly. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 261 The fiery starre of Mars, constituted in the midst of heaven. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers* I. iv. 263 The Turks..releasing..several hundreds of captive Mussulmans and constituting in the Vacancies as many of their new Slaves, returned. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost vi. 152 The Council of Trent, after having weighed long whether to say man was created in grace, finally determined to say that man was constituted in grace. †b. To set up (in an office or position of authority). Obsolete (cf. 2.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] setc1000 stevenOE assign1297 inseta1300 stable1300 ordaina1325 instituec1384 to put ina1387 limitc1405 point?1405 stablish1439 institutec1475 invest1489 assumec1503 to fill the hands of1535 establish1548 settle1548 appoint1557 place1563 assumptc1571 dispose1578 seat1595 state1604 instate1613 to bring ina1616 officea1616 constitute1616 impose1617 ascribe1624 install1647 to set up1685 prick1788 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Constitute, to ordaine, to appoint. a1629 C. Cornwallis Disc. Prince Henry (1641) 14 Princes and men constituted in high places. 1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 522 He..constituted Eumachus over the whole nation. ?1720 Wonderful Wonder 2 He hath been constituted by the higher Powers in the Station of Receiver-General. †2. a. To set up, appoint, ordain (an officer). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint asetc885 teachc897 deemc900 ashapea1000 i-demeOE setc1000 shiftc1000 stevenOE redeOE willOE lookc1175 showc1175 stablea1300 devise1303 terminea1325 shapec1330 stightlea1375 determinec1384 judgea1387 sign1389 assize1393 statute1397 commanda1400 decree1399 yarka1400 writec1405 decreetc1425 rule1447 stallc1460 constitute1481 assignc1485 institute1485 prescribec1487 constitue1489 destinate1490 to lay down1493 make?a1513 call1523 plant1529 allot1532 stint1533 determ1535 appointa1538 destinec1540 prescrive1552 lot1560 fore-appoint1561 nominate1564 to set down1576 refer1590 sort1592 doom1594 fit1600 dictate1606 determinate1636 inordera1641 state1647 fix1660 direct1816 society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > appoint (an official) appointc1460 constitute1481 constitue1489 to set up1642 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) 14 How therle of tholouse toke the cyte of albane, and therin constituted a bisshop. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 159/1 Those bishops, that you constitute. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 31 in Justice Vindicated When supreme powers..constitute any magistrate. 1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. viii. 182 A King of England..was not constituted to make Laws, but to see those Laws kept, which the People made. b. To appoint to the office, function, or dignity of; to make, create. (With object and complement) ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] > appoint to the office of makelOE make?a1160 constitute1477 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 35 That ye ordeyne and constytute the sayd noble Iason Capytayne of thys Royaume. c1524 William of Malvern Found. Abbey of Glocester iii, in Robert of Gloucester Chron. (1724) 579 The said noble Osrike..Kingburge his sister did constitute Abbesse. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxii. 115 Where one Man..is constituted Representative of the whole number. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 132 We constituted him Captain. 1879 R. T. Smith St. Basil 126 Recording how the Lord constituted Peter, after himself, shepherd of the Church. 3. a. To set up, ordain, establish, appoint, determine (a law, regulation, etc.). ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > make (laws) or establish as law [verb (transitive)] setc893 lawa1023 makeOE lay11.. stablishc1405 constitue1489 constitute1535 1535 T. Starkey Let. in Eng. in Reign Henry VIII (1878) i. p. xix The wych sayn Jerome playnly affyrmyth to be constytute in remedium scismatis. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Constitute decrees or lawes, sancire leges. 1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living iii. §1 183 We must obey all humane laws appointed and constituted by lawful Authority. 1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes iv. 186 Let this be constituted..as firmly, as this Grant is constituted. 1814 R. Southey Roderick xiii What terms Asturias..Doth constitute to be the law. †b. with object clause. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1593 R. Harvey Philadelphus 100 Martin of Roome constituted that his Clergy should vowe chastitie. 1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV 18 Whereby God has from al eternitie constituted with himself what he wil do. 1686 J. S. Hist. Monastical Convent. 107 Pope Leo the Tenth Instituted the Order of St. Peter; constituting those of the Order to wear..the Effigies of that Saint. †c. absol. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1486 Lichfield Gild Register lf. 8 b [We] haue ordened and constitute vpon certaine articles for the..welfare of the Cominalte. 1572 J. Whitgift Answere to Admon. 25 The Churche of Christe hathe authoritie to ordeyn and constitute..in those thyngs before of me rehersed. 1661 A. Marvell Let. 6 Apr. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 22 My Lord thought it not worth the while to constitute..in a thing so shortly to be altered & reformed. 4. a. To set up, establish, found (an institution, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > found or establish arear?a800 astellc885 planteOE i-set971 onstellOE rightOE stathelOE raisec1175 stofnec1175 stablea1300 morec1300 ordainc1325 fermc1330 foundc1330 instore1382 instituec1384 establec1386 firmc1425 roota1450 steadfastc1450 establishc1460 institute1483 to set up1525 radicate1531 invent1546 constitute1549 ordinate1555 rampire1555 upset1559 stay1560 erect1565 makea1568 settle1582 stablish1590 seminarize1593 statuminatea1628 hain1635 bottom1657 haft1755 start1824 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Celebr. Holye Communion f. cxvi Whiche haste ordayned & constituted the seruices of Angels and men in a wonderfull ordre. a1605 J. Stow Mem. Antiq. (R.) This Brutus had three sonnes, who constituted three kingdoms. 1676 I. Mather Hist. King Philip's War (1862) 39 Six Churches have been constituted amongst the Indians. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (1793) 108 Provincial assemblies are constituted, with the power of making local ordinances. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 90 To constitute a tribunal. 1863 D. Rowland Laws Nat. 5 Grotius did not constitute a system..of natural law. b. To give legal or official form or shape to (an assembly, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > [verb (transitive)] > establish legally i-lahie1014 createa1475 constitute1638 1638 Duke of Hamilton in Hamilton Papers (1880) 62 Aduyce uhidder this assem[bly] uas not lafully constituted. 1714 G. Lockhart Mem. Affairs Scotl. 116 The first two Days being spent in constituting the House. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. To constitute, a term generally used in S[cotland], to denote the opening of an ecclesiastical court with prayer by him who presides in it. 1833 A. Alison Hist. Europe during French Revol. I. iii. 137 Intimation was sent to the other orders that they would proceed to constitute themselves. 1871 H. Moncrieff Pract. Free Ch. Scotl. i. 9. 1886 Act 49 & 50 Vict. c. 50 §3 Any lease, tack, or set, whether constituted by writing or verbally. 5. To frame, form, make (by combination of elements); esp. in passive to have a constitution or make of a specified sort. (Very frequent in reference to the bodily or mental constitution.) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct workOE dighta1175 to set upc1275 graitha1300 formc1300 pitchc1330 compoundc1374 to put togethera1387 performc1395 bigc1400 elementc1400 complexion1413 erect1417 framea1450 edifya1464 compose1481 construe1490 to lay together1530 perstruct1547 to piece together1572 condite1578 conflate1583 compile1590 to put together1591 to set together1603 draw1604 build1605 fabric1623 complicate1624 composit1640 constitute1646 compaginate1648 upa1658 complex1659 construct1663 structurate1664 structure1664 confect1677 to put up1699 rig1754 effect1791 structuralize1913 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 188 Many..whose Livers are weakely constituted . View more context for this quotation 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. vi. 103 We are so constituted that Time abundantly abates our Sorrows. 1772 C. Hutton Princ. Bridges p. iv Directions for constituting and adapting to one another, the several..parts of a bridge. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 45 The houses are of wood; but when well constituted..they are warmer than those built of brick or stone. 1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 163 Faculties constituted like our own. 6. To make (a person or thing) something; to establish or set up as. (With object and complement) Cf. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)] > found or establish > establish or constitute a person as something constitute1534 to-establisha1562 1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1283/1 As by the disobedience of one manne, many be constitute and made synners. 1646 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 4) 10 Ever Constitute the defect of his morality, thy precaution. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 74 That which constituteth him a visible member. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. v. 413 The will of a single man..cannot be allowed to constitute itself an irremoveable obstacle to a great national good. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule vi. 81 He had constituted himself her companion. 7. (with simple object) To make (a thing) what it is; to give its being to, form, determine. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > determine govern?1473 determine1651 constitute1848 condition1868 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. i. v. §9 This theorem..that the demand for labour is constituted by the wages which precede the production. 1862 J. Ruskin Munera Pulveris (1880) 25 All wealth is intrinsic, and is not constituted by the judgment of men. 8. To make up, form, compose; to be the elements or material of which the thing spoken of consists. (Correlative to consist v. 7.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > be (part of) [verb (transitive)] > be the or a component(s) of graitha1300 form1377 makea1393 compone1398 constitute1552 go1559 to make up1589 mould1602 compounda1616 integrate1638 elementate1660 compose1665 represent1776 comprise1794 account1893 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Tabil sig. .vi Ane sacrament is constitute or maid of twa principal partis. 1675 J. Ogilby Britannia* 30 It constitutes the isle of Alney. 1683 J. Dryden Life Plutarch 34 in J. Dryden et al. tr. Plutarch Lives I One Body of Men, constituted of many individuals. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xiv. 106 The happiness of a Brute can never constitute the true happiness of a Man. 1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds iv. 51 The things which constitute wealth. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxii. 156 The rocks which constitute the crest of the mountain. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation iv. 100 Poverty, as such, constitutes no title to academical funds. 1879 J. Lubbock Addresses, Polit. & Educ. iv. 70 Reading, writing, and arithmetic..do not in themselves constitute an education. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1483v.1477
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