Constituted authorities
(gcide) | Constitute \Con"sti*tute\ (k[o^]n"st[i^]*t[=u]t), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Constituted; p. pr. & vb. n. Constituting.] [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.
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Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
--Jer. Taylor.
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2. To make up; to compose; to form.
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Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold
that defies destruction. --Johnson.
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3. To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and
empower.
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Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.
--Wordsworth.
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Constituted authorities, the officers of government,
collectively, as of a nation, city, town, etc. --Bartlett.
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