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Institutive

//ɪnˈstɪtjʊtɪv// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish. not-comparable

    "These words do not seem institutive or collative of power, but rather only admonitive or exhortative to duty"

  2. 2
    Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order. not-comparable

    "institutive decency"

Etymology

From institute + -ive.

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