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1. Form or compose
   "These constitute my entire belonging";
   - represent, make up, comprise, be
    
2. Create and charge with a task or function
   "constitute a committee";
   - appoint, name, nominate
    
3. To compose or represent
   "This wall constitutes the background of the stage setting";
   - form, make
    
4. Set up or lay the groundwork for
   "constitute a new department";
   - establish, found, plant, institute

Derived forms: constituted, constitutes, constituting

Type of: initiate, pioneer