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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

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



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

constituted
    adj 1: 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" [syn: established, constituted]
           [ant: unestablished]