Verb (used with object), : mortar constituted of lime and sand. ,He was constituted treasurer. ,Imports constitute a challenge to local goods. From Dictionary.com.
"One, two, three -- Go!" shouted the self-constituted referee. From Wordnik.com. [The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service] Reference
"The self-constituted champion has given the evil rumor circulation.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It is improbable that any self-constituted detective is on their trails. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
Their self-constituted leaders have already overwhelmed them with calamities. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864] Reference
Through the day rode the posse of self-constituted seekers after the captives. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians or, Trailing the Yaquis] Reference
The position of power must therefore be vested in the self-constituted Afrikaner nation. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the South African Reich - Chapter 5] Reference
And yet, in the face of this testimony, by the self-constituted editor of this national work. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
How often do we see this self-constituted oracle rely for his sole support on this sophistry?. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Priest's Keepsake] Reference
He had seen the LORD MAYOR, who disclaimed any responsibility for his self-constituted champion. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 31, 1917] Reference
This self-constituted Censor morum reads Aristophanes and Plato, Horace and Virgil, perhaps even. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
Of this provision a self-constituted guardian got hold, and embarked it in his own sinking business. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
They were the first self-constituted, self-declared, self-created People in the history of the world. From Wordnik.com. [Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982)] Reference
Georgia has disavowed the act of the self-constituted, self-elected minority convention that acted in her name. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
It is a sore point with me, this being told what I am to do or not do by you self-constituted lords of creation. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
Her guardian, however, he is, self-constituted as I believe; but his ward is as dear to him as if she were his own child. From Wordnik.com. [Ivanhoe] Reference
But even in the midst of this sleight of hand performance, she did not forget her self-constituted guardianship of Arethusa. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
The self-constituted court, after a fair trial, obliged the five men to settle all liabilities before they again left the river. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
He was stayed in his flight and imprisoned in the castle of Namur to await a decision on his case by his self-constituted judge. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference
Whatever may be the central idea of the self-constituted elite, they are always the objects of the envy of a large number of minds. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
This was the appearance of the British Member of Parliament, Lindsay, in the rôle of self-constituted Southern emissary to Napoleon. From Wordnik.com. [Great Britain and the American Civil War] Reference
On the contrary, she had excellent qualities, and deserved much credit for the valuable assistance she rendered as a self-constituted. From Wordnik.com. [Baldy of Nome] Reference
You will grow used to regarding men as common soldiers who have made up their minds to lose their lives for some self-constituted king. From Wordnik.com. [Father Goriot] Reference
A few days after Colonel Pinckney -- a self-constituted committee, apparently, for the prevention of cruelty to governesses -- surprised. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880] Reference
The considerable number of girls who had descended the car steps were being taken in tow by the new self-constituted reception committee. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
The Poles are willing to hear reproaches, if such as may be profited by, or if the self-constituted judges be conscientious and unprejudiced. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Now and then he saw the young man, who regarded him, as Ivan could not but know, as his benefactor, his self-constituted guardian and adviser. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
Meantime, Driscol, the official mouthpiece of the self-constituted court of general jurisdiction, rode away to discharge himself of his onerous duties. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
"Come, come, we can't allow this, you know," said her self-constituted guardian, William; "you are under my charge, and you must come and have some tea.". From Wordnik.com. [Kate's Ordeal] Reference
This sage reply is heard by the eavesdropping Bessie, who, as self-constituted ceremonial dictator, emerges and joins their hands in the wordless betrothal. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
Roger remained in the hall within reach of the boudoir, and spoke once more to Dr. Bousquet before returning to resume his self-constituted guard of Sartorius. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
If the self-constituted committee thought this merely handsome talk without specific meaning, they had only themselves to thank for their subsequent predicament. From Wordnik.com. [Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him] Reference
But this line of argument was more specious than sound; for, although there was nominally a government in France, it was self-constituted, and founded in anarchy. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
Kagig received us four, and Anna, Gloria's self-constituted maid, in his own house. From Wordnik.com. [The Eye of Zeitoon] Reference
Netherlands, he rejected the authority of Alva and of his self-constituted tribunal. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Lukin, there a jewelled ear-ring by the self-constituted attendant, Mr. Thomas Redworth. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
A friend unmistakable, Anna -- Gloria's self-constituted maid -- ran out of the darkest shadow and kept me from scrambling to my feet. From Wordnik.com. [The Eye of Zeitoon] Reference
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