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单词 constitute
释义 constitute
 —constituter, constitutor,  n.  
 /kon"sti tooht', -tyooht'/, v.t., constituted, constituting.
  1. to compose; form: mortar constituted of lime and sand.
  2. to appoint to an office or function; make or create: He was constituted treasurer.
  3. to establish (laws, an institution, etc.).
  4. to give legal form to (an assembly, court, etc.).
  5. to create or be tantamount to: Imports constitute a challenge to local goods.
  6.  Archaic.   to set or place.
 [1400-50; late ME < L constitutus (ptp. of constituere; see CONSTITUENT), equiv. to con- CON- + -stitutus, comb. form of statutum, ptp. of statuere to set up. See STATUTE]
 Syn. 3. institute, commission.
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