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con·stit·u·ent     (kən-stĭch'ōō-ənt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Serving as part of a whole; component: a constituent element.
  2. Empowered to elect or designate.
  3. Authorized to make or amend a constitution: a constituent assembly.

n.  
  1. A constituent part; a component. See Synonyms at element.
  2. A resident of a district or member of a group represented by an elected official.
  3. One that authorizes another to act as a representative; a client.
  4. Grammar A functional unit of a grammatical construction, as a verb, noun phrase, or clause.


[Latin cōnstituēns, cōnstituent-, present participle of cōnstituere, to set up; see constitute. N., from French, from Latin cōnstituēns, from present participle of cōnstituere.]

con·stit'u·ent·ly adv.
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