Sekirov Dictionary

constituent

/kənˈstɪtjuənt/

noun 6
adjective 3
forms 1

noun6

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A part, or component of a whole.
- We know how to bring these constituents together, and to cause them to form water. — 1865
A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.
A functional element of a phrase or clause.
A voter who supports a (political) candidate; a supporter of a cause.
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A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
- whose first composure and origination requires a higher and nobler Constituent than either Chance or the ordinary method of meer Natural causes. — 1677
One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.

adjective3

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Being a part or component of a whole.
- Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man. — 1695
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Constitutive or constituting.
- The skeleton varies in the proportions, and even to a certain extent in the connexions, of its constituent bones. — 1863
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Authorized to make a constitution.
- A question of right arises between the constituent and representative body. — 1769

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