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institutive

[in-sti-too-tiv, -tyoo-]
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adjective
  1. tending or intended to institute or establish.
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Origin of institutive

First recorded in 1620–30; institute + -ive
Related formsin·sti·tu·tive·ly, adverbun·in·sti·tu·tive, adjectiveun·in·sti·tu·tive·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for institutive

institutive

adjective
  1. concerned with instituting and establishing
  2. established by custom or law
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Derived Formsinstitutively, adverb
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