constituently

Variant of constituent

adjective

  1. necessary in forming or making up a whole; component: a constituent part
  2. that can or does appoint or vote for a representative
  3. authorized to make or revise a political constitution or establish a government: a constituent assembly

Origin: < L constituens, prp. of constituere: see constitute

noun

  1. a person who appoints another to act as agent or representative
  2. a member of a constituency, esp. any of the voters represented by a particular official
  3. a necessary part or element; component
  4. an element of a word or construction (Ex.: in “they painted signs” the main elements they and painted signs are called immediate constituents; the further morphologically indivisible elements they, paint, -ed, sign, and -s are called ultimate constituents)

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