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Webster 1913 Edition
Constitutive
Con′sti-tuˊtive
,Adj.
1.
Tending or assisting to constitute or compose; elemental; essential.
An ingredient and
constitutive
part of every virtue. Barrow.
2.
Having power to enact, establish, or create; instituting; determining.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Constitutive
CONSTITUTIVE
,Adj.
1.
That constitutes, forms or composes; elemental; essential.The constitutive parts of a schismatic, being the esteem of himself and contempt of others.
2.
Having power to enact or establish; instituting.