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Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish.

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  1. a. Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish.
  2. a. Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order.
  3. 1. Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish. Barrow. 2. Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order. "Institutive decency." Milton.
  4. a. Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish. a. Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order.