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/ɪnˈstɪtjʊtɪv/ · adjective
Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish..
These words do not seem institutive or collative of power, but rather only admonitive or exhortative to duty
institutive decency
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Institutive means Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish..
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These words do not seem institutive or collative of power, but rather only admonitive or exhortative to duty
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