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constituent
(encz) | constituent,ústavodárný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
constituent
(encz) | constituent,ustavující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
constituent
(encz) | constituent,volič n: Rostislav Svoboda |
Constituent
(gcide) | Constituent \Con*stit"u*ent\ (k[o^]n*st[i^]t"[-u]*[-e]nt), a.
[L. constituens, -entis, p. pr. See Constitute.]
1. Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental;
component.
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Body, soul, and reason are the three parts
necessarily constituent of a man. --Dryden.
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2. Having the power of electing or appointing.
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A question of right arises between the constituent
and representative body. --Junius.
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Constituent
(gcide) | Constituent \Con*stit"u*ent\, n.
1. The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or
constructs.
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Their first composure and origination require a
higher and nobler constituent than chance. --Sir M.
Hale
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2. That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an
essential part; a component; an element.
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We know how to bring these constituents together,
and to cause them to form water. --Tyndall.
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3. One for whom another acts; especially, one who is
represented by another in a legislative assembly; --
correlative to representative.
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The electors in the district of a representative in
Congress, or in the legislature of a State, are
termed his constituents. --Abbot.
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To appeal from the representatives to the
constituents. --Macaulay.
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4. (Law) A person who appoints another to act for him as
attorney in fact. --Burrill.
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constituent
(wn) | constituent
adj 1: constitutional in the structure of something (especially
your physical makeup) [syn: constituent(a),
constitutional, constitutive(a), organic]
n 1: an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a
composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be
separated from or attached to a system; "spare components
for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"
[syn: component, constituent, element]
2: a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a
government by officials for whom he or she votes; "needs
continued support by constituents to be re-elected"
3: something determined in relation to something that includes
it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than
himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller
component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of
plankton" [syn: part, portion, component part,
component, constituent]
4: (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger
grammatical construction [syn: constituent, {grammatical
constituent}]
5: an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of
his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition
are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a
sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an
effective ingredient of a speech" [syn: component,
constituent, element, factor, ingredient] |
CONSTITUENT
(bouvier) | CONSTITUENT. He who gives authority to another to act for him. 1 Bouv. Inst.
n. 893.
2. The constituent is bound with whatever his attorney does by virtue
of his authority. The electors of a member of the legislature are his
constituents, to whom he is responsible for his legislative acts.
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constituent
(encz) | constituent,ústavodárný adj: Zdeněk Brožconstituent,ustavující adj: Zdeněk Brožconstituent,volič n: Rostislav Svoboda |
constituents
(encz) | constituents,komponenty n: pl. Zdeněk Brožconstituents,složky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
immediate constituent
(encz) | immediate constituent, n: |
constituent
(wn) | constituent
adj 1: constitutional in the structure of something (especially
your physical makeup) [syn: constituent(a),
constitutional, constitutive(a), organic]
n 1: an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a
composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be
separated from or attached to a system; "spare components
for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"
[syn: component, constituent, element]
2: a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a
government by officials for whom he or she votes; "needs
continued support by constituents to be re-elected"
3: something determined in relation to something that includes
it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than
himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller
component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of
plankton" [syn: part, portion, component part,
component, constituent]
4: (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger
grammatical construction [syn: constituent, {grammatical
constituent}]
5: an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of
his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition
are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a
sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an
effective ingredient of a speech" [syn: component,
constituent, element, factor, ingredient] |
grammatical constituent
(wn) | grammatical constituent
n 1: (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a
larger grammatical construction [syn: constituent,
grammatical constituent] |
immediate constituent
(wn) | immediate constituent
n 1: a constituent of a sentence at the first step in an
analysis: e.g., subject and predicate |
CONSTITUENT
(bouvier) | CONSTITUENT. He who gives authority to another to act for him. 1 Bouv. Inst.
n. 893.
2. The constituent is bound with whatever his attorney does by virtue
of his authority. The electors of a member of the legislature are his
constituents, to whom he is responsible for his legislative acts.
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