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con·sti·tute

(kŏn′stĭ-to͞ot′, -tyo͞ot′)

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

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).

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.

[Middle English constituten, from Latin cōnstituere, cōnstitūt-, to set up : com-, com- + statuere, to set up; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]

con′sti·tut′er, con′sti·tu′tor n.

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constitute

(ˈkɒnstɪˌtjuːt)

vb (tr)

1. to make up; form; compose: the people who constitute a jury.

2. to appoint to an office or function: a legally constituted officer.

3. to set up (a school or other institution) formally; found

4. (Law) law to give legal form to (a court, assembly, etc)

5. (Law) law obsolete to set up or enact (a law)

[C15: from Latin constituere, from com- (intensive) + statuere to place]

ˈconstiˌtuter, ˈconstiˌtutor n

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con•sti•tute

(ˈkɒn stɪˌtut, -ˌtyut)

v.t. -tut•ed, -tut•ing.

1. to compose; form: mortar constituted of lime and sand.

2. to appoint to an office or function: He was constituted treasurer.

3. to establish, as a law.

4. to give legal form to.

5. to create or be tantamount to: Imports constitute a challenge to local goods.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin constitūtus, past participle of constituere; see constituent]

constitute

, constitution - Constitute can mean "make laws" and a constitution is a "how-to" document for a government or organization.

constitute

To provide the legal authority for the existence of a new unit of the Armed Services. The new unit is designated and listed, but it has no specific existence until it is activated. See also commission.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

constitute

Past participle: constituted
Gerund: constituting

Imperative
constitute
constitute

Present
I constitute
you constitute
he/she/it constitutes
we constitute
you constitute
they constitute

Preterite
I constituted
you constituted
he/she/it constituted
we constituted
you constituted
they constituted

Present Continuous
I am constituting
you are constituting
he/she/it is constituting
we are constituting
you are constituting
they are constituting

Present Perfect
I have constituted
you have constituted
he/she/it has constituted
we have constituted
you have constituted
they have constituted

Past Continuous
I was constituting
you were constituting
he/she/it was constituting
we were constituting
you were constituting
they were constituting

Past Perfect
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

Future Continuous
I will be constituting
you will be constituting
he/she/it will be constituting
we will be constituting
you will be constituting
they will be constituting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been constituting
you have been constituting
he/she/it has been constituting
we have been constituting
you have been constituting
they have been constituting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been constituting
you will have been constituting
he/she/it will have been constituting
we will have been constituting
you will have been constituting
they will have been constituting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been constituting
you had been constituting
he/she/it had been constituting
we had been constituting
you had been constituting
they had been constituting

Conditional
I would constitute
you would constitute
he/she/it would constitute
we would constitute
you would constitute
they would constitute

Past Conditional
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

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Verb	1.	constitute - form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" make up, comprise, be, represent make - constitute the essence of; "Clothes make the man" compose - form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his personality" form, constitute, make - to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction" straddle, range - range or extend over; occupy a certain area; "The plants straddle the entire state" fall into, fall under - be included in or classified as; "This falls under the rubric 'various'" pose, present - introduce; "This poses an interesting question" supplement - serve as a supplement to; "Vitamins supplemented his meager diet"
	2.	constitute - create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee" appoint, name, nominate institute, establish, found, plant, constitute - set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department" pack - set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome; "pack a jury" co-opt - appoint summarily or commandeer; "The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups"
	3.	constitute - to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction" form, make constitute, make up, comprise, be, represent - form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" chelate - form a chelate, in chemistry add - constitute an addition; "This paper will add to her reputation"
	4.	constitute - set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department" institute, establish, found, plant initiate, pioneer - take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants" fix - set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!" appoint, constitute, name, nominate - create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"

constitute

verb

1. represent, be, consist of, embody, exemplify, be equivalent to The result of the vote hardly constitutes a victory.

2. make up, make, form, compose, comprise The country's ethnic minorities constitute 7 per cent of its total population.

3. set up, found, name, create, commission, establish, appoint, delegate, nominate, enact, authorize, empower, ordain, depute On 6 July a People's Revolutionary Government was constituted.

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constitute

verb

1. To be the constituent parts of:

compose, form, make (up).

2. To be equivalent or tantamount:

amount, correspond, equal.

Idiom: have all the earmarks.

3. To put in force or cause to be by legal authority:

enact, establish, legislate, make, promulgate.

4. To bring into existence formally:

create, establish, found, institute, organize, originate, set up, start.

Translations

يُكَوِّن، يُشَكِّل

představovattvořitustavit

udgøre

bilden konstituieren

απαρτίζω αποτελώ

constituir formar

constituer offrir présenter

gera, mynda

costituire costituzione crisi eleggere formare

keltikonstitucijakonstitucinispagal konstituciją

izveidotradītsastādīt

betegne

oluşturmak

构成

constitute

[ˈkɒnstɪtjuːt] VT

1. (= amount to) → significar, constituir; (= make up) → constituir, componer

2. (frm) (= appoint, set up) → constituir
to constitute o.s. a judge → constituirse en juez

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constitute

[ˈkɒnstɪtjuːt] vt

(= count as) → constituer

(= make up) → constituer, représenter

constitute

(= make up) → bilden, ausmachen; society is so constituted that … → die Gesellschaft ist so aufgebaut, dass …

(= amount to) → darstellen; that constitutes a lie → das ist eine glatte Lüge

(= set up, give legal authority to) committee, court → einrichten, konstituieren (form)

(form: = appoint) → ernennen or bestimmen zu; he constituted himself my bodyguard → er spielte meinen Leibwächter

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constitute

[ˈkɒnstɪˌtjuːt] vt → costituire

constitute

(ˈkonstitjuːt) verb

to form; to make up; to be. Nuclear waste constitutes a serious danger.

ˌconstiˈtution noun

1. a set of rules governing an organization; the supreme laws and rights of a country's people etc. the constitution of the country.

2. physical characteristics, health etc. He has a strong constitution.

ˌconstiˈtutional adjective

legal according to a given constitution. The proposed change would not be constitutional.

ˌconstiˈtutionally adverb

constitute

v. constituir, componer, formar.

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To overcome this impasse of Stiegler's trajectory, as I have suggested above, we need to return to Husserl and specifically, to attend to his own problematisation of immanent time, which begins already in Part III of the time consciousness lectures, where he asks after the absolutely-constituting level of time-consciousness, and culminates in his tortured explorations--and near recognition--of the dead end of time-consciousness qua constitutor of time.