constitutionalize (kons tit us hon a liz)

i.; pret. and pp. constitutionalized, ppr. constitu tion a liz ing. [ The most usual mode of exercise is walking- constitu tion a liz ing is the Cantab for it. C. A. Bristed, English University (2d ed.), p. 19. constitutionally (kon-sti-tū'shon-al-i), adv. 1. In accordance with, by virtue of, or with respect to the natural frame or constitution of mind or body; naturally. The English were constitutionally humane. Hallam . On the whole, the facts now given show that, though habit does something towards acclimatisation, yet that the appearance of constitutionally different individuals is a far more effective agent. Darwin, Var. of Animals and Plants, p. 305. 2. With a view to the benefit of one's physical 5. Relating to, concerned with, or arising from constitution. Macaulay. IMG:content-1136.png:[blocks in formation] Medieval London still waits for its constitutional historian. Stubbs , Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 64. Constitutional convention, in the United States: (a) The body of delegates from the several States which framed the federal Constitution, sitting in Philadelphia from May 25th to September 17th, 1787. (6) A body of delegates meeting under authority of Congre to frame a constitution of government for a new State; or such a body convened by a State legislature, in the prescribed manner, to revise the existing constitution of the State. Constitutional monarchy. See monarchy. - Constitutional Union party, in U. S. hist., a party-name a umed in the electoral contest of 1860 by the southern Whigs, who, unwilling to join either the Republican or the Democratic party, ignored the slavery question in their public declarations and profe ed no other political principles than attachment to the Constitution and the Union. II. n. [Short for constitutional walk or exer Every morning the regular water-drinkers, Mr. Pickwick among the number, met each other in the pump room, took their quarter of a pint, and walked constitu tionally . Dickens , Pickwick, xxxvi. 3. In accordance with the constitution or frame of government; according to the political constitution. Even in France, the States-General alone could constitu tionally impose taxes. Macaulay, Hallam's Const. Hist. constitution ary (kon-sti-tu's hon-a-ri), a . [= F. constitutionnaire, constitution .] Constitutional. [Rare.]