CONSTITUTIVE

constitutive. Constitutive, a. essential, able or fit to establish

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Con″sti‐tu′tive (?), a. 1. 1. Tending or assisting to constitute or compose; elemental; essential.
An ingredient and constitutive part of every virtue. Barrow. 2. 2. Having power to enact, establish, or create; instituting; determining. Sir W. Hamilton.