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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

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Other Word Forms

  • institutively adverb
  • uninstitutive adjective
  • uninstitutively adverb

Etymology

Origin of institutive

First recorded in 1620–30; institute + -ive

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