instituting or tending to institute: of institution
institutive in American English
(ˈinstɪˌtuːtɪv, -ˌtjuː-)
adjective
tending or intended to institute or establish
Derived forms
institutively
adverb
Word origin
[1620–30; institute + -ive]This word is first recorded in the period 1620–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acid, clinic, headline, plug, settlement-ive is a suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition,function, connection, etc. Other words that use the affix -ive include: active, corrective, detective, passive, sportive