Constitute /(kŏn"stĭ*tūt)/

Con·sti·tute

Constitute

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Constituted; p. pr. & vb. n. Constituting

  1. To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.
    Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
  2. To make up; to compose; to form.
    Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction.
  3. To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
    Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.

Phrases & Compounds
Constituted authorities
the officers of government, collectively, as of a nation, city, town, etc.

Constitute

n.
  1. An established law. [Obs.]