constitutive Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
    organic; constituent; constitutional.

WordNet

Con"sti*tu`tive adjective
Definitions
  1. Tending or assisting to constitute or compose; elemental; essential.
    An ingredient and constitutive part of every virtue. Barrow.
  2. Having power to enact, establish, or create; instituting; determining. Sir W. Hamilton.

Webster 1913