institutive

[ in-sti-too-tiv, -tyoo- ]

adjective

1. tending or intended to institute or establish.

institutive

/ ˈɪnstɪˌtjuːtɪv /

adjective

1. concerned with instituting and establishing
2. established by custom or law

Derived Forms

• ˈinstiˌtutively, adverb

Other Words From

• insti·tutive·ly adverb
• un·insti·tutive adjective
• un·insti·tutive·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of institutive¹

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.

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