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To ascertain; to verify; to establish; to prove. F. P. Cobbe.

general light. [R.] The several things which engage our affections . . . shine forth and constellate in God. Boule.

e, within whose imaginary outline, as traced upon the heavens, the group is included. The constellations seem to have been almost purposely named and delineated to cause as much confusion and inconvenience as possible. Sir J. Herschel.

Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for refletion; terror, combined with amaxement; dismay. The chiefs around, In silence wrapped, in onsternation downed. Attend the stern reply. Pope.

To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense. [Obs.] Of cold the property is to condense and constipate. Bacon.

crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation. [Obs.] Fullness of matter, or a pretty close constipation . . . of its particles. Boyle.

A body of constituents, as the body of citizens or voters in a representative district.

or make up; elemental; component. Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man. Dryden.

To cause to stand; to establish; to enact. Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority. Jer. Taylor.

One who constitutes or appoints.

The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation.

Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution, or in the structure of body or mind; as, a constitutional infirmity; constitutional ardor or dullness.

The theory, principles, or authority of constitutional government; attachment or adherene to a constitution or constitutional government. Carlyle.

One who advocates a constitutional form of government; a constitutionalist.

The quality or state of being constitutional, or inherent in the natural frame.

In accordance with the constitution or natural disposition of the mind or body; naturally; as, he was constitutionally timid. The English were constitutionally humane. Hallam.

One who adheres to the constitution of the country. Bolingbroke.

Tending or assisting to constitute or compose; elemental; essential. An ingredient and constitutive part of every virtue. Barrow.

In a constitutive manner.

To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or con He binds in hains The droway prophet, and his limbs constrains. Dryden. When winter frosts constrain the fields with old. Dryden.