Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON-STIT'U-ENT, n.

1. He or that which sets, fixes or forms; he or that which constitutes or composes. Their first composure and origination requires a higher and nobler constituent than chance. – Hale.
2. That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an essential part. The lymph in those glands is a necessary constituent of the aliment. – Arbuthnot.
3. One who appoints or elects another to an office or employment. – Burke.