Con"sti*tu`tive (?), a.

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.

 

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