Synonyms for constitute
verb
To found
establish, develop, create, set up; see organize 2.
To empower
commission, authorize, appoint; see commission, delegate 1, 2.
To enact
order, draft, decree, legislate; see enact.
To make up
form, frame, compound, aggregate; see compose 1.
See constitute in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To be the constituent parts of:
compose, form, make (up). See beTo be equivalent or tantamount:
amount, correspond, equal. Idiom: have all the earmarks. See beTo put in force or cause to be by legal authority:
enact, establish, legislate, make, promulgate. See action, make, politicsTo bring into existence formally:
create, establish, found, institute, organize, originate, set up, start. See start
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