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Webster 1913 Edition


Ingredient

In-gre′di-ent

,
Noun.
[F.
ingrédient
, L.
ingrediens
,
-entis
, entering into, p. pr. of
ingredi
, p. p.
ingressus
, to go into, to enter; pref.
in-
in +
gradi
to walk, go. See
Grade
.]
That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination, recipe, or mixture; an element; a constituent.
By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to
ingredients
.
Sir I. Newton.
Water is the chief
ingredient
in all the animal fluids and solids.
Arbuthnot.

In-gre′di-ent

,
Adj.
Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part.
Acts where no sin is
ingredient
.
Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ingredient

INGRE'DIENT

,
Noun.
[L. ingrediens, entering into; ingredior; in and gradior. See Grade.]
That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any compound or mixture. It is particularly applied to the simples in medicinal compositions, but admits of a very general application. We say, an ointment or a decoction is composed of certain ingredients; and Addison wondered that learning was not thought a proper ingredient in the education of a woman of quality or fortune.

Definition 2024


ingrediënt

ingrediënt

See also: ingredient and ingrédient

Dutch

Noun

ingrediënt n (plural ingrediënten, diminutive ingrediëntje n)

  1. ingredient

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