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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INGRE'DIENT, n. [L. ingrediens, entering into; ingredior; in and gradior. See Grade.]
That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any compound or mixture. It is particularly applied to the simples in medicinal compositions, but admits of a very general application. We say, an ointment or a decoction is composed of certain ingredients; and Addison wondered that learning was not thought a proper ingredient in the education of a woman of quality or fortune.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a component of a mixture or compound
2: an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech" [syn: component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient]
3: food that is a component of a mixture in cooking; "the recipe lists all the fixings for a salad" [syn: ingredient, fixings]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ingredient-, ingrediens, present participle of ingredi to go into, from in- + gradi to go — more at grade Date: 15th century something that enters into a compound or is a component part of any combination or mixture ; constituent Synonyms: see element • ingredient adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a component part or element in a recipe, mixture, or combination. Etymology: ME f. L ingredi ingress- enter (as IN-(2), gradi step)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ingredient In*gre"di*ent, a. Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part. Acts where no sin is ingredient. --Jer. Taylor.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ingredient In*gre"di*ent, n. [F. ingr['e]dient, L. ingrediens, -entis, entering into, p. pr. of ingredi, p. p. ingressus, to go into, to enter; pref. in- in + gradi to walk, go. See Grade.] That which enters into a compound, or is a component part of any combination or mixture; an element; a constituent. By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients. --Sir I. Newton. Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids. --Arbuthnot.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(ingredients) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Ingredients are the things that are used to make something, especially all the different foods you use when you are cooking a particular dish. Mix in the remaining ingredients. N-COUNT 2. An ingredient of a situation is one of the essential parts of it. The meeting had all the ingredients of high political drama... N-COUNT: oft N of/in n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Element, constituent, component, component part.

Moby Thesaurus

adjunct, appurtenance, aspect, census, circumstance, component, composition, constituent, constituents, content, contents, detail, divisions, element, elements, factor, feature, fixings, guts, index, ingredients, innards, insides, integrant, inventory, item, items, list, makings, part, part and parcel, parts, specialty, whole