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Webster 1913 Edition
Constituent
1.
Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.
Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily
constituent
of a man. Dryden.
2.
Having the power of electing or appointing.
A question of right arises between the
constituent
and representative body. Junius.
Con-stit′u-ent
,Noun.
1.
The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
Their first composure and origination require a higher and nobler
constituent
than chance. Sir M. Hale
2.
That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an essential part; a component; an element.
We know how to bring these
constituents
together, and to cause them to form water. Tyndall.
3.
One for whom another acts; especially, one who is represented by another in a legislative assembly; – correlative to
representative
. The electors in the district of a representative in Congress, or in the legislature of a State, are termed his
constituents
. Abbot.
To appeal from the representatives to the
constituents
. Macaulay.
4.
(Law)
A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.
Burrill.
Webster 1828 Edition
Constituent
CONSTITUENT
,Adj.
Body, soul, and reason, are the three constituent parts of a man.
Oxygen and hydrogen are the constituent parts of water.
CONSTITUENT
,Noun.
1.
He or that which sets, fixes or forms; he or that which constitutes or composes.Their first composure and origination requires a higher and nobler constituent than chance.
2.
That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an essential part.The lymph in those glands is a necessary constituent of the aliment.
3.
One who appoints or elects another to an office or employment.