Constitute

Con"sti*tute (?), n. An established law. [Obs.] T. Preston.

Con"sti*tute (?), 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.] 1. To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.

Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
Jer. Taylor.

2. To make up; to compose; to form.

Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction.
Johnson.

3. 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.