institutive

American  

[in-sti-too-tiv, -tyoo-] / ˈɪn stɪˌtu tɪv, -ˌtyu- /

adjective

1. tending or intended to institute or establish.

---

institutive British  

/ ˈɪnstɪˌtjuːtɪv /

adjective

1. concerned with instituting and establishing

2. established by custom or law

---

Other Word Forms

• institutively adverb
• uninstitutive adjective
• uninstitutively adverb

Etymology

Origin of institutive

First recorded in 1620–30; institute + -ive

Example Sentences

Tim Faley is the managing director of the Zell Lurie Institutive of Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan, where he teaches young entrepreneurs-to-be on navigating the start-up ecosystem.

From Inc

Although divine providence, which is an unsearchable depth, does many times, and, in many cases, serve as a commentary to open up the hidden mysteries of scripture revelation; yet, where the law of God in the scriptures of truth is silent, there providence regulates not, is neither institutive, nor declarative of God's will to be done by us; and where the said divine law does ordain or deliver a rule to us in any case, there providence gives no relaxation, allowance or countermand to the contrary.

From Project Gutenberg