Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to constitute
Participle: constituted
Gerund: constituting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | constitute |
| you | constitute |
| he;she;it | constitutes |
| we | constitute |
| you | constitute |
| they | constitute |
Perfect
| I | have constituted |
| you | have constituted |
| he;she;it | has constituted |
| we | have constituted |
| you | have constituted |
| they | have constituted |
Past
| I | constituted |
| you | constituted |
| he;she;it | constituted |
| we | constituted |
| you | constituted |
| they | constituted |
Pluperfect
| I | had constituted |
| you | had constituted |
| he;she;it | had constituted |
| we | had constituted |
| you | had constituted |
| they | had constituted |
Future
| I | will constitute |
| you | will constitute |
| he;she;it | will constitute |
| we | will constitute |
| you | will constitute |
| they | will constitute |
Future Perfect
| I | will have constituted |
| you | will have constituted |
| he;she;it | will have constituted |
| we | will have constituted |
| you | will have constituted |
| they | will have constituted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | constitute |
| you | constitute |
| he;she;it | constitute |
| we | constitute |
| you | constitute |
| they | constitute |
Perfect
| I | have constituted |
| you | have constituted |
| he;she;it | have constituted |
| we | have constituted |
| you | have constituted |
| they | have constituted |
Imperfect
| I | constituted |
| you | constituted |
| he;she;it | constituted |
| we | constituted |
| you | constituted |
| they | constituted |
Pluperfect
| I | had constituted |
| you | had constituted |
| he;she;it | had constituted |
| we | had constituted |
| you | had constituted |
| they | had constituted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would constitute |
| you | would constitute |
| he;she;it | would constitute |
| we | would constitute |
| you | would constitute |
| they | would constitute |
Perfect
| I | would have constituted |
| you | would have constituted |
| he;she;it | would have constituted |
| we | would have constituted |
| you | would have constituted |
| they | would have constituted |
Imperative
| you | constitute |
| we | Let's constitute |
| you | constitute |
Verbs conjugated like 'constitute'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'constitute'
constipate,
institute,
reconstitute,
bustitute,
consecute,
constate,
construe,
continue,
contribute,
destitute,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- make up
- compose
- to make up the whole
- compose, compound, comprise, form, make up, represent, upmake
- found
- establish, create, develop, organize
- empower
- commission, appoint, authorize, delegate
- draft
- enact, decree, legislate, order
Antonyms
- empower
- disable, disenfranchise, disqualify, dismiss
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1442, verb use of adjective, "made up, formed" (14c.), from L.
constitutus, pp. of
constituere "to fix, establish," from
com- intensive prefix +
statuere "to set" (see statue).
Constitution "health, strength, vitality" is from 1553; the political sense evolved after 1689.
Constitutional (n.), short for
constitutional walk is first recorded 1829.
Constituency first recorded 1831.
2. From Middle English constituten, from Latin cōnstitūtum, neuter of cōnstitūtus, past participle of Latin cōnstituō (“to put in place; set up; establish”), from con- (“with”) + statuō (“to put up; establish”). See: Latin '
cōnstituō'.
Sample Sentences
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Marie was one of those unfortunately constituted mortals, in whose eyes whatever is lost and gone assumes a value which it never had in possession. Whatever she had, she seemed to survey only to pick flaws in it; but, once fairly away, there was [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] village was alive with no inviting sounds; hoarse, guttural voices contending at the hand-mills where their morsel of hard corn was yet to be ground into meal, to fit it for the cake that was to constitute their only supper. From the earliest dawn of the day, they had been in the fields, pressed to work under the driving lash of the overseers; for it was now in the very heat and hurry of the season, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)