constitute
vb tr
1 to make up; form; compose
the people who constitute a jury
2 to appoint to an office or function
a legally constituted officer
3 to set up (a school or other institution) formally; found
4 (Law) to give legal form to (a court, assembly, etc.)
5 (Law, obsolete) to set up or enact (a law)
(C15: from Latin constituere, from com- (intensive) + statuere to place)
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constituter, constitutor n