ə̇nˈgrēdēən(t)s noun
( -s )
Etymology: in sense 1, alteration of ingredients, plural of ingredient (I) ; in sense 2, from Latin ingredi + English -ence
1.
a. archaic : an ingredient or a mixture of ingredients
later, the gold lost its purity and contained up to 1/3 other ingrediences — H.M.F.Schulman and H.W.Holzer
b. : the fact of entering as an ingredient
this complete ingredience in an occasion, so as to yield … fusion of individual essence with other eternal objects — A.N.Whitehead
2. obsolete : entrance , ingress