Integrant

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Integrant \In"te*grant\, a. [L. integrans, -antis, p. pr. of
     integrare to make whole, renew: cf. F. int['e]grant. See
     {Integrate}.]
     Making part of a whole; necessary to constitute an entire
     thing; integral. --Boyle.
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           All these are integrant parts of the republic. --Burke.
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     {Integrant parts}, or {Integrant particles}, of bodies, those
        smaller particles into which a body may be reduced without
        loss of its original constitution, as by mechanical
        division.
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