— constituently , adv.
/keuhn stich"ooh euhnt/ , adj.
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.
n.
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. Gram. an element considered as part of a construction. Cf. immediate constituent, ultimate constituent .
[ 1615-25; constituent- (s. of constituens, prp. of constituere to set up, found, constitute), equiv. to con- CON- + -stitu- (comb. form of statuere to set up) + -ent- -ENT ]
Syn. 3. See element .