constitute
verb (used with object)
to compose; form.
well-constituted
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a word derived from
constitute.
Example Sentences
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In the exact center of any well-constituted novel of a century ago moved a mighty and shadowy figure.
From Time Magazine Archive
He found a well-constituted woman of twenty-two in horrible agony, who they said had not had a passage of the bowels for eight days, so he prescribed an enema.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
Or, to take another simile, the reader has only to picture to himself a well-constituted free state, whether a republic or a monarchy is all one.
From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 by Various
What must be expected to become of that general good-will which is the natural inheritance of a well-constituted mind, when urged by so bitter oppression and such unendurable sufferings?
From Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author by Godwin, William
There can be as little fear that London will ever want any of the elements of an enlightened and well-constituted community, as that it will not be large enough.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 547, May 19, 1832 by Various
