1.  constitute(v = verb.stative) be, comprise, make up, represent - form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
Derived form adjective constituent₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

2.  constitute(v = verb.social) appoint, name, nominate - create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"
is one way to constitute, establish, found, institute, plant
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody

3.  constitute(v = verb.stative) form, make - to compose or represent:; "This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction"
is one way to be, comprise, constitute, make up, represent
Derived forms noun constituent₁, noun constitution₄
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

4.  constitute(v = verb.creation) establish, found, institute, plant - set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"
is one way to initiate, pioneer
Derived form noun constitution₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

1.  To cause to stand; to establish; to enact. [1913 Webster]
"Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority." [1913 Webster]

2.  To make up; to compose; to form. [1913 Webster]
"Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction." [1913 Webster]

3.  To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower. [1913 Webster]
"Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine." [1913 Webster]

   An established law. T. Preston. [1913 Webster]

constitute, v.tr.
1 be the components or essence of; make up, form.
2 a be equivalent or tantamount to (this constitutes an official warning). b formally establish (does not constitute a precedent).
3 give legal or constitutional form to; establish by law.

Derivative:
constitutor n.

Etymology:
L constituere (as com-, statuere set up)

VB  be composed of, be made of, be formed of, be made up of, consist of, be resolved into, include, contain, hold, comprehend, take in, admit, embrace, embody, involve, implicate, drag into, compose, constitute, form, make, make up, fill up, build up, enter into the composition of.

VB  enter into, enter into the composition of, be a component, be part of, form part of, merge in, be merged in, be implicated in, share in, belong to, appertain to, combine, inhere in, unite, form, make, constitute, compose.

VB  produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture, weave, forge, coin, carve, chisel, build, raise, edify, rear, erect, put together, set up, run up, establish, constitute, compose, organize, institute, achieve, accomplish, flower, bear fruit, fructify, teem, ean, yean, farrow, drop, pup, kitten, kindle, bear, lay, whelp, bring forth, give birth to, lie in, be brought to bed of, evolve, pullulate, usher into the world, make productive, create, beget, get, generate, fecundate, impregnate, procreate, progenerate, propagate, engender, bring into being, call into being, bring into existence, breed, hatch, develop, bring up, induce, superinduce, suscitate, cause, acquire.