institutive

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English

Etymology

From institute +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈstɪtjʊtɪv/, /ɪnˈstɪt͡ʃətɪv/

Adjective

institutive (not comparable)

  1. Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish.
    • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). A Treatise on the Pope's Supremacy”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. , volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A J Valpy, , published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
      These words do not seem institutive or collative of power, but rather only admonitive or exhortative to duty
  2. Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “institutive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

institutive

  1. feminine singular of institutif
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