constitutive

The definition of constitutive refers to having the power to create or establish something.

(adjective)

A state agency established to start a new housing project is an example of an agency that has constitutive power.

See constitutive in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Origin: LL constitutivus: see constitute

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See constitutive in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Making a thing what it is; essential.
Having power to institute, establish, or enact.
Of or relating to the synthesis of a protein or an enzyme at a constant rate regardless of physiological demand or the concentration of a substrate.

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