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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ingredient \In*gre"di*ent\, a.
Entering as or forming, an ingredient or component part
Acts where no sin is ingredient. --Jer. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ingredient \In*gre"di*ent\, n. [F. ingr['e]dient, 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 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ingredient
n 1: a component of a mixture or compound
2: an abstract part of something: "jealousy was a component of
his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition
are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a
sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an
effective ingredient of a speech" [syn: {component}, {constituent},
{element}, {factor}]
3: food that is a component of a mixture in cooking
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