vt.

1. 構成，組成[W]
   This move constitutes an act of aggression.

   這一舉動構成了侵略行為。

2. 設立（機構等）；制定（法律等）
   A committee was constituted to investigate into that affair.

   建立了一個委員會以調查那件事。

3. 指定，任命，選派……的[O1]
   The strikers constituted him their spokesman.

   罷工工人選他為他們的發言人。

v.

1. be (a part) of a whole.
   ▸be or be equivalent to.
2. establish by law.