Constitute
Constitute verb - To pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty.
Usage example: the legally constituted authorities with jurisdiction in this matter
Name is a synonym for constitute in authorize topic. In some cases you can use "Name" instead a verb "Constitute", when it comes to topics like set up.
Name
Name verb - To pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty.
Usage example: was named the provost of the university
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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He tries to dissociate himself from it; people accepting that the name does not define him constitute several meaningful moments in the series.
Source: Red Baron -
The microscopic cast of Osmosis Jones use "Frank" in place of "God", this being the name of the man whose body they inhabit/constitute.
Source: Oh My Gods! -
Later, Gilgamesh discovers that all but one of his father's guards consider the fact that he's wearing an extremely impressive hat with his name written on it (misspelled) to constitute definitive proof of his identity.
Source: The Guards Must Be Crazy
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Name and Constitute. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/constitute/name
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