said of a group of people or things: to compose (something) together
Seven members constitute a quorum
to be or amount to (something)
Does this singing in the street at night constitute a breach of the peace?
to appoint (somebody) to an office, function, or dignity
formally constituted office-bearers
to establish or set up (an organization, etc)
to give legal form to (an assembly, court, etc)
[Latin constitutus, past part. of constituere to set up, constitute, from con- + statuere to set up]