"constitue" meaning in English

See constitue in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɒn.stɪˌt(j)uː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɔːn.stɪˌt(j)uː/ [Received-Pronunciation] (note: older), /ˈkɑn.stɪˌt(j)u/ [Canada, General-American, cot-caught-merger], /ˈkɔn.stɪˌt(j)u/ [General-American] (note: without the cot–caught merger), /ˈkɒn.stɪˌt(j)u/ [Canada] (note: without the cot–caught merger), /ˈkɔn.stɪˌt(j)ʉː/ [General-Australian], /ˈkɒn.stəˌt(j)ʉː/ [New-Zealand], /ˈkɔn.stɪˌt(j)ʉ/ [Scotland], /ˈkɔn.sʈɪˌʈ(j)uː/ [India] Forms: constitues [present, singular, third-person], constituing [participle, present], constitued [participle, past], constitued [past]
enPR: kŏn′stĭ-t(y)o͞o′ Rhymes: -ɒnstɪtuː, -ɒnstɪtjuː Etymology: Inherited from Middle English constituen, from French constituer. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|constituen|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English constituen, {{inh+|en|enm|constituen}} Inherited from Middle English constituen, {{der|en|fr|constituer}} French constituer Head templates: {{en-verb}} constitue (third-person singular simple present constitues, present participle constituing, simple past and past participle constitued)
  1. Obsolete form of constitute. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: constitute
    Sense id: en-constitue-en-verb-lIA5Xp3T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
  2. Misspelling of constitute. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: constitute
    Sense id: en-constitue-en-verb-13QHfr6d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51

Inflected forms

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