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institutive

[in-sti-too-tiv, -tyoo-]

in·sti·tu·tive

[in-sti-too-tiv, -tyoo-]
adjective
tending or intended to institute or establish.

Origin:
1620–30; institute + -ive

in·sti·tu·tive·ly, adverb
un·in·sti·tu·tive, adjective
un·in·sti·tu·tive·ly, adverb
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Institutive is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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institutive (ˈɪnstɪˌtjuːtɪv)
 
adj
1.  concerned with instituting and establishing
2.  established by custom or law
 
'institutively
 
adv

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