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.
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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.
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