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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