[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That constitutes; constituent.
1641. Milton, Ch. Govt., vi. (1851), 127. Of such a councell as this every parochiall Consistory is a right homogeneous and constituting part.
1659. Vulg. Errors Censured, 56. Reduced to its constituting parts.
1792. J. Barlow, Const., 1791, 10. Republican ideas gained no ground … in your constituting assembly.
1883. Pall Mall G., 17 Oct., 6/1. In this act the Monarchy is not a constituted, but a constituting power.
