Verb (used with object), : mortar constituted of lime and sand. ,He was constituted treasurer. ,Imports constitute a challenge to local goods.    From Dictionary.com. 

Obviously the term constituted a high compliment in Peter's estimation and the evident satisfaction that it afforded to Stella seemed to confirm the impression.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lamp in the Desert] Reference

And the word constituted culture, because the word carried meaning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stanley Knick, Ph.D.: Traditional Culture and Modern Culture: Man's Fall from Grace] Reference

The political class, as constituted, is just a reflection of this imbalance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » California’s Woes and Prop 13] Reference

Peretz, 44, told Israel's Channel 2 that the call constituted a death threat.    From Wordnik.com.  [J. Weekly] Reference

It also provided an excuse for her household to remain constituted even if separated from her physically.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558] Reference

The experiment of guarding a state prisoner whose household was determined to remain constituted and near her ended in April 1555.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558] Reference

The ICO ruled that the calls constituted "direct marketing" which is not allowed to be targeted at anyone who has not given prior consent.    From Wordnik.com.  [icScotland] Reference

As for Almagro himself, Ferdinand Pizarro, feeling convinced that his name constituted a focus of permanent agitation, resolved to get rid of him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World] Reference

These titles constituted as many hereditary charges reserved for the lesser nobility.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands] Reference

Elizabeth's role as a landowner helped to provide some justification for her household to remain constituted.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558] Reference

For Steven Gerrard, sitting on The Kop alongside his team-mates, the roll call constituted a countdown he has come to dread.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily Express News Feeds] Reference

Whether he had been previously bidden in through Gurney, or whether this chance word constituted his invitation, he did not know.    From Wordnik.com.  [Success A Novel] Reference

The artistic rhythm form cannot be defined as constituted of periods which are 'chronometrically proportionate,' or mathematically simple.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.] Reference

This, he claims, coupled with the 20-knot "speed change," constituted "violent evasive action.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Flight of Kal-007] Reference

A basic psychology of a will to power whose direct and disciplined expression constituted the obvious human good.    From Wordnik.com.  [RIGHT AND GOOD] Reference

One could not conceive a better anchorage for the small boats such as constituted their fleet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi] Reference

"despite various deficiences observed" constituted "a legitimate basis" for the transition from military to civilian rule.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

But she denied that their actions constituted sabotage.    From Wordnik.com.  [In The Desert, Big Trouble Under Glass] Reference

The authorities declared that hunger strikes constituted a crime.    From Wordnik.com.  [Back To The Gulag] Reference

I had to change my attitude about what constituted an achievement.    From Wordnik.com.  [I Was Out of a Job--And an Identity] Reference

FDA officials said any reapportionment of nicotine constituted manipulation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mostly Smoke] Reference

Eliot Spitzer, constituted as vulnerable a moment as Clinton has had in this campaign.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Drop of Blood in the Water] Reference

Vice President Al Gore declared that the African AIDS epidemic constituted a threat to U.S. security.    From Wordnik.com.  [Will The 'Dark Continent' Still Matter?] Reference

Dubbed the Abduction Wars, the incursions constituted intellectual-property theft on a massive scale.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ties That Bind] Reference

Obama stated at the time that he opposed the bill on the grounds that it constituted "saber-rattling.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Soft on Iran?] Reference

But his idea of what constituted winning changed last summer, when he saw the promise of a settlement.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Dealmakers] Reference

Since they are not G8 members, however, there is little the club as it is now constituted can do on its own.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not Worth Protesting] Reference

Hispanics constituted 7.1 percent of workers at contractors, lower than their 7.6 percent share of the labor force.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poisonous Symbolism] Reference

The directive to Sawyer was unusual because it constituted a rare rebuke of a top Justice Department official by a superior.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hard Time For Corporate Perps] Reference

In the 12 months that ended in January 2008, international sales rose 17.5 percent and constituted 24.2 percent of overall sales.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wal-Mart Puzzle] Reference

The equable management of access to energy and raw materials is beyond the capacity of the international system as presently constituted.    From Wordnik.com.  [AMERICA'S ASSIGNMENT] Reference

The investment fund that was ostensibly created by him was so oddly constituted that it naturally gives rise to a suspicion of wrongdoing.    From Wordnik.com.  ['An Affront To All Mexicans'] Reference

Columbia University economist and Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz argues that the WTO's agenda as currently constituted should be scrapped.    From Wordnik.com.  [Free Trade Is Not Enough] Reference