To make up; form; compose.
To appoint to an office or function.
To set up (a school or other institution) formally; found.
Law: To give legal form to (a court, assembly, etc.)
(TheFreeDictionary.com).
Etymology (EN): From L. constitutus, p.p. of constituere “to cause to
stand, set up, fix, place, establish, set in order; form something
new,” from → com- an intensive prefix
- statuere “to set,” from PIE root *sta- “to stand, make or
be firm.” cf. Pers. istâdan “to stand,”
→ opposition.
Etymology (PE): Âsâtidan, from intensive prefix â- + sât variant of
sâz-/sâxtan “to build, make, prepare,” cf.
Gazi sât- “to be reconciled with,” Abyaneyi, Abuzeydâbâdi, Nâyini,
Târi. sâta-/sâj-,
Anâraki, Varzeneyi sâte-/sâj-, Ardestâni sûtte/sûj-,
Hamadâni satän/saj-,
Esfahâni satän/saz-, Jowšaqâni bam-sa:t-
“to do, build,”
Xonsâri sât-/sâz-, Mahalâti sât/sâj- “to prepare, do;”
Mid.Pers. sac, saz- “to be fitting, becoming, necessary,”
sac-, sâz- “to make, prepare;” Mod.Pers.
sâz-, sâxtan “to build, construct, prepare;”
cf. Skt. śak- “to be able, capable;”
Proto-Ir. sac- “to fit, be suitable, be able, be in command of;
to prepare” (Cheung, 2006).
