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institutive

/ɪnˈstɪtjʊtɪv/

institutive adjective: tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish.

Adjective

institutive (not comparable)

  1. Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish.
    • These words do not seem institutive or collative of power, but rather only admonitive or exhortative to dutya. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn]...
  2. Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order.
    • institutive decency1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC

Origin of institutive

From institute + -ive.

Words formed from institutive

Questions about institutive

What does institutive mean?
Institutive means tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish.
What part of speech is institutive?
Institutive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce institutive?
Institutive is pronounced /ɪnˈstɪtjʊtɪv/.

Words near institutive in the dictionary

  1. institutionizing
  2. institutions
  3. institutionwide
  4. institutist
  5. institutists
  6. institutive
  7. institutively
  8. institutor
  9. institutors
  10. institutress
  11. institutresses

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