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Western; occidental. [R.] Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. Milton.

Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent. The component parts of natural bodies. Sir I. Newton.

A deponent verb.

, or that which, stands as an index or representative; as, the leader of a party is the exponent of its principles. Exponent of a ratio, the quotient arising when the antecedent is divided by the consequent; thus, 6 is the exponent of the ratio of 30 to 5. [R.]

Pertaining to exponents; involving variable exponents; as, an exponential expression; exponential calculus; an exponential function. Exponential curve, a curve whose nature is defined by means of an exponential equation. -- Exponential equation, an equation which contains an exponential quantity, or in which the unkno…

One who, or that which, interposes; an interloper, an opponent. [R.] Heywood.

tains it. How becomingly does Philopolis exercise his office, and seasonably commit the opponent with the respondent, like a long-practiced moderator! Dr. H. More.

That which predisposes. Predisponent causes. (Med.) See Predisposing causes, under Predispose. Dunglison.

Making proposals; proposing.

(Min. & Geol.) Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.

A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate. Walker.

or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.

Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions.

ts, or other established rules, permanent usages, and the like, which are made void by component authority. Do they mean to annul laws of inestimable value to our liberties Burke.

One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent. Antagonist of Heaven's Almigthy King. Milton. Our antagonists in these controversies. Hooker.

A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming.

An argument retorted on an opponent. Milton.

A method of tripping by getting the leg back of the opponent's heel on the outside and pulling forward while pushing his body back; a throw made in this way. -- v. t.

The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids.

The principal component part of a thing.