Ingredient
Ingredient , noun
[French ingrédient, Latin ingrediens, -entis, entering into, present participle 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, recipe, or mixture; an element; a constituent.
By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients.
Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids.
Ingredient , adjective
Entering as, or forming, an ingredient or component part.
Acts where no sin is ingredient.