Hypertext Webster Gateway: "constitutive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Constitutive \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
constitutive
adj : constitutional in the structure of something (especially
your physical makeup) [syn: {constituent(a)}, {constitutional},
{constitutive(a)}, {organic}]
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