constituted

con·sti·tute  (knst-tt, -tyt)

tr.v. con·sti·tut·ed, con·sti·tut·ing, con·sti·tutes

1.

a. To be the elements or parts of; compose: Copper and tin constitute bronze.

b. To amount to; equal: " Rabies is transmitted through a bite; . . . patting a rabid animal in itself does not constitute exposure" (Malcolm W. Browne).

2.

a. To set up or establish according to law or provision: a body that is duly constituted under the charter.

b. To found (an institution, for example).

c. To enact (a law or regulation).

3. To appoint to an office, dignity, function, or task; designate.

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[Middle English constituten, from Latin cnstituere, cnstitt-, to set up : com-, com- + statuere, to set up; see st- in Indo-European roots.]

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consti·tuter, consti·tutor n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

constituted - brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established; "the established social order"; "distrust the constituted authority"; "a team established as a member of a major league"; "enjoyed his prestige as an established writer"; "an established precedent"; "the established Church" established