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<p><b>2.</b> <def>A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faces; costiveness.</def>

<h1>Constituency</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con*stit"u*en*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Constituencies</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A body of constituents, as the body of citizens or voters in a representative district.</def>

<h1>Constituent</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con*stit"u*ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>constituens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p.pr. See <er>Constitute</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.</def>

<blockquote>Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily <b>constituent</b> of a man. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having the power of electing or appointing.</def>

<blockquote>A question of right arises between the <b>constituent</b> and representative body. <i>Junius.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Constituent</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con*stit"u*ent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.</def>

<blockquote>Their first composure and origination require a higher and nobler <b>constituent</b> than chance. <i>Sir M. Hale</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an essential part; a component; an element.</def>

<blockquote>We know how to bring these <b>constituents</b> together, and to cause them to form water. <i>Tyndall.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One for whom another acts; especially, one who is represented by another in a legislative assembly; -- correlative to <i>representative</i>.</def>

<blockquote>The electors in the district of a representative in Congress, or in the legislature of a State, are termed his <b>constituents</b>. <i>Abbot.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To appeal from the representatives to the <b>constituents</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<h1>Constitute</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con"sti*tute</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Constituted</er>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Constituting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>constitutus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>constiture</ets> to constitute; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>statuere</ets> to place, set, fr. <ets>status</ets> station, fr. <ets>stare</ets> to stand. See <er>Stand</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.</def>

<blockquote>Laws appointed and <b>constituted</b> by lawful authority. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make up; to compose; to form.</def>

<blockquote>Truth and reason <b>constitute</b> that intellectual gold that defies destruction. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To appoint, depute, or elect to an offie; to make and empower.</def>

<blockquote>Me didst Thou <b>constitute</b> a priest of thine. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Constituted authorities</col>, <cd>the officers of government, collectively, as of a nation, city, town, etc.</cd></cs>

<i>Bartlett.</i>