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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Constituent \Con*stit"u*ent\, a. [L. constituens, -entis, p. pr See {Constitute}.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Constituent \Con*stit"u*ent\, n. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: constituent adj 1: constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) [syn: {constituent(a)}, {constitutional}, {constitutive(a)}, {organic}] 2: forming or functioning as part of a whole; "component parts"; "a constituent element" [syn: {component(a)}, {constituent(a)}] n 1: an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system: "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system" [syn: {component}, {element}] 2: a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes; "needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected" 3: a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger construction [syn: {grammatical constituent}] 4: 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}, {element}, {factor}, {ingredient}]
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