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con⋅stit⋅u⋅ent
[kuh
n-stich-oo-uhnt] 
–adjective
| 1. | serving to compose or make up a thing; component: the constituent parts of a motor. |
| 2. | having power to frame or alter a political constitution or fundamental law, as distinguished from lawmaking power: a constituent assembly. |
–noun
| 3. | a constituent element, material, etc.; component. |
| 4. | a person who authorizes another to act in his or her behalf, as a voter in a district represented by an elected official. |
| 5. | Grammar. an element considered as part of a construction. |
Compare immediate constituent, ultimate constituent.
Origin:
1615–25; < L constituent- (s. of constituēns, prp. of constituere to set up, found, constitute), equiv. to con- con- + -stitu- (comb. form of statuere to set up) + -ent- -ent
1615–25; < L constituent- (s. of constituēns, prp. of constituere to set up, found, constitute), equiv. to con- con- + -stitu- (comb. form of statuere to set up) + -ent- -ent
Related forms:
con⋅stit⋅u⋅ent⋅ly, adverb
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| con·stit·u·ent (kən-stĭch'ōō-ənt) adj.
[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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