Con″sti‐tute (kŏn″stĭ‐tūt), 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.