constitute
verb
[ ˈkɒnstɪtjuːt ]
• be (a part) of a whole.
• "lone parents constitute a great proportion of the poor"
• give legal or constitutional form to (an institution); establish by law.
• "the superior courts were constituted by the Judicature Acts 1873–5"
Similar:
inaugurate,
initiate,
establish,
found,
create,
set up,
put in place,
start,
begin,
originate,
form,
organize,
develop,
shape,
authorize,
commission,
charter,
induct,
invest,
appoint,
name,
nominate,
install,
empower,
ordain,
decree,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin constitut- ‘established, appointed’, from the verb constituere, from con- ‘together’ + statuere ‘set up’.
