constitute
verb (used with object)
to compose; form.
had constituted
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past perfectof constitute.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She said she had wanted to play the incidents down, and that she was not even sure at the time if they had constituted a penal offence.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025
Palestinians had constituted a large majority of the pre-war population.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
Ten to fifteen thousand Chinese laborers had constituted the bulk of the workforce on the western side of what was the greatest infrastructure project the nation had ever attempted.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2019
In this respect, “White Christian America” had constituted a visible mainstream, a set of aspirations, a shared touchstone for our “democracy of manners.”
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 18, 2016
He loved her so tenderly that from the first day of their marriage he had constituted her the arbitress of his wishes.
From The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book by Anonymous
