"constitute myself" can be used in written English.
It means to establish or make oneself into something. It is often used when discussing personal identity or actions that contribute to one's sense of self. Example: I have gone through many experiences that have helped constitute myself as a confident and independent person. In this example, the speaker is saying that their past experiences have shaped them into the person they are now.
Constituting myself as a caring mother, my performance would differ from that of a sexy pop star.
That same week, a panel convened by Horatio Morpurgo in Bridport, constituting of myself, George Monbiot and the eminent marine biologist, Callum Roberts, examined the state of play of one of Britain's only marine protection zones in Lyme Bay, on Dorset's Jurassic Coast.
I imagine that's a reference to the Guardian (I don't think I constitute an elite myself) and the BBC.
Concretely, what I am constituted "as" is a function of the other's project and not something that I can make myself be.
I found myself feeling uncharacteristically weary at the prospect of describing to them what constitutes corruption and inspires outrage around here anymore.
The centrists of this country -- liberals with sanity like myself and so-called compassionate conservatives -- together constitute a huge majority of voters.
Properly to understand myself in and through the capabilities and vulnerabilities that constitute me, I must unmask the many temptations I have to deny our mutuality.
A key aspect of this idea is that there exist historically important individuals who constitute heroic cultural templates onto which I may now creatively project myself.
"Particularly that sense of, 'what is going to constitute the kind of family that I'm aspiring to create for myself?'.
As an American living abroad, I rarely think of myself as belonging to any sort of expat bloc, even though, taken together, we would constitute the 12th most populous state: there are 8.7 million US citizens living outside the country.
Did that constitute abuse?
