English-Thai Dictionary

constitute

VT ก่อตั้ง  สถาปนา  found establish set up ko-tang

 

constitute

VT ประกอบด้วย  pra-kob-duai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONSTITUTE

v.t.[L., to set. ] 1. To set; to fix; to enact; to establish.
We must obey laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority, not against the law of God.
2. To form or compose; to give formal existence to; to make a thing what it is.
Perspicuity constitutes the prime excellence of style.
Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction.
3. To appoint, depute or elect to an office or employment; to make and empower.
A sheriff is constituted a conservator of the peace.
A has constituted B his attorney or agent.

 

CONSTITUTED

pp. Set; fixed; established; made; elected; appointed.

 

CONSTITUTER

n.One who constitutes or appoints.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONSTITUTE

Con "sti *tute, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Constituted; p.pr. & vb. n.Constituting. ] Etym: [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 offie; 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.

 

CONSTITUTE

CONSTITUTE Con "sti *tute, n.

 

Defn: An established law. [Obs. ] T. Preston.

 

CONSTITUTER

CONSTITUTER Con "sti *tu `ter, n.

 

Defn: One who constitutes or appoints.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

constitute

con sti tute |ˈkänstəˌt (y )o͞ot ˈkɑnstəˌt (j )ut | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 be (a part ) of a whole: single parents constitute a great proportion of the poor. • (of people or things ) combine to form (a whole ): there were enough members present to constitute a quorum. • be or be equivalent to (something ): his failure to act constituted a breach of duty. 2 (usu. be constituted ) give legal or constitutional form to (an institution ); establish by law. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin constitut- ‘established, appointed, ’ from the verb constituere, from con- ‘together ’ + statuere ‘set up. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

constitute

constitute |ˈkɒnstɪtjuːt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 be (a part ) of a whole: lone parents constitute a great proportion of the poor. • combine to form (a whole ): there were enough members present to constitute a quorum. • be or be equivalent to (something ): his failure to act constituted a breach of duty. 2 give legal or constitutional form to (an institution ); establish by law. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin constitut- ‘established, appointed ’, from the verb constituere, from con- ‘together ’ + statuere ‘set up ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

constitute

constitute verb 1 farmers constituted 10 percent of the population: amount to, add up to, account for, form, make up, compose. 2 this constitutes a breach of copyright: be equivalent to, be, embody, be tantamount to, be regarded as. 3 the courts were constituted in 1875: inaugurate, establish, initiate, found, create, set up, start, form, organize, develop; commission, charter, invest, appoint, install, empower.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

constitute

constitute verb 1 farmers constituted 10 per cent of the population: amount to, add up to, account for, form, make up, compose, comprise, represent. 2 an extract from a book used for the purpose of comment does not constitute a breach of copyright: be equivalent to, be the equivalent of, be, embody, be tantamount to, be regarded as, act as, serve as. 3 the superior courts were constituted in 1875: inaugurate, initiate, establish, found, create, set up, put in place, start, begin, originate, form, organize, develop, shape; authorize, commission, charter, induct, invest, appoint, name, nominate, install, empower, ordain, decree.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

constitute

con sti tute /kɑ́nstət j ùːt |kɔ́nstɪ -/ (! 強勢は第1音節 ) 〖con (共に ) stitute (組み立てる )〗(名 )constitution 動詞 ～s /-ts /; ～d /-ɪd /; -tuting 他動詞 (!進行形にしない ) 1 ｟かたく ｠〈物 人 部分などが 〉〈物 集団など 〉を構成する , …の構成要素となる (make up ); …になる , …に等しい ▸ 16 - to 19 -year-olds constitute only 7 percent of drivers .16 --19歳の若者は自動車運転者全体の7 \%にすぎない ▸ The Internet constitutes a huge storehouse of information .インターネットは情報の巨大な貯蔵庫に等しい 2 〖be ～d 〗…という体質 [性質 ]である .3 ｟かたく ｠(正式に )〈委員会 政府 機関など 〉を設置する , 制定する .4 ｟かたく ｠〖～ A C 〗A 〈人 〉をC 〈役職 〉に任命する .