2 entries under this word
a. [Lat. constituens, p. pr. of constituere; It. costituente, Fr. constituant.]
Sense 1. Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; constituting; component.
Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man. Dryden.
Sense 2. Having the power of electing or appointing.
A question of right arises between the constituent and representative body. Junius.
n. 1. The person or thing which establishes, determines, or constructs. Their first composure and origination require a higher and nobler constituent than chance. Hale. 2. That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an essential part; a component; an element. The lymph in those glands is a necessary constituent of the aliment. Arbuthnot. 3. One who assists to appoint or elect a representative to an office or employment. An artifice sometimes practiced by candidates for offices in order to recommend themselves to the good graces of their constituents. Melmoth. 4. (Law.) A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.