From constitute + -ive.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈstɪt͡ʃuˌtɪv/

• Audio (US):

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constitutive (comparative more constitutive, superlative most constitutive)

1. Having the power or authority to constitute, establish or enact something.
2. Having the power or authority to appoint someone to office.
3. Extremely important; essential.
4. Forming a constituent part of something else.
5. (biochemistry) Of an enzyme: continuously produced at a constant rate.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃s.ti.ty.tiv/
• Homophone: constitutives

• Audio (Paris):

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constitutive

1. feminine singular of constitutif

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kõː.stɪ.tuːˈtiː.wɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kon.sti.tuˈtiː.ve]

cōnstitūtīve

1. vocative masculine singular of cōnstitūtīvus