element

1. element (noun) — sense 1

Definition: One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.

Example: Letters are the elements of written language.

2. element (noun) — sense 2

Definition: One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.: Any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus.

Example: Hydrogen is the first element in the periodic table. It is the simplest possible atom composed of one proton in the nucleus which is orbited by a single electron.

3. element (noun) — sense 3

Definition: One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.: A chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom; any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.

4. element (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To compound (something) out of elements.

Example: Dull ſublunary lovers love / (VVhoſe ſoule is ſenſe) cannot admit / Abſence, becauſe it doth remove / Thoſe things vvhich elemented it.

5. element (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To constitute and be the elements of (something).

Example: His very soul was elemented of nothing but sadness.