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
The real occurrence of unmerited suffering is beheld with no delight, but with unmixed pain, by every well-constituted mind.
From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Alexander Walker
Under a well-constituted and regular authority, its writer and signatories would of course have been punished for insubordination.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane
Merely by sense, industry, good principles, and a good heart—qualities which no well-constituted mind need ever despair of attaining.
From How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success by Major A.R. Calhoon
The rancorous invectives which the fanatic Rationalist—Voss, had never ceased to pour out on his own early friend and benefactor—the heavenly-minded Stolberg, excited the contempt and disgust of every well-constituted mind in the Protestant community.
From The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 by Friedrich Schlegel
