Constitutionalize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To incorporate into a constitution
  2. 2
    incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional wordnet
  3. 3
    To provide with a constitution
  4. 4
    take a walk for one's health or to aid digestion, as after a meal wordnet
  5. 5
    To make constitutional

    "Governmental searches of vehicles regularly occur via exceptions to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement; a myriad of decisions have constitutionalized warrantless searches of vehicles, their compartments, their containers and even their occupants."

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  1. 6
    provide with a constitution, as of a country wordnet

Synonyms

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constitutionalise

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"Governmental searches of vehicles regularly occur via exceptions to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement; a myriad of decisions have constitutionalized warrantless searches of vehicles, their compartments, their containers and even their occupants."

Etymology

From constitutional + -ize.

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