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Institutive

Institutive \In"sti*tu`tive\, a.

  1. Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish.
    --Barrow.

  2. Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order. ``Institutive decency.''
    --Milton.

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institutive

a. 1 Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish. 2 Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order.