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Constitutive vs Constituted - What's the difference?

constitutive | constituted |

As an adjective constitutive

is having the power or authority to constitute, establish or enact something.

As a verb constituted is

(constitute).

constitutive

English

Adjective

(more)
  • having the power or authority to constitute, establish or enact something
  • having the power or authority to appoint someone to office
  • extremely important, essential
  • that forms a constituent part of something else
  • (biochemistry) (of an enzyme ) that is continuously produced at a constant rate

    • Related terms

    * constitute * constituent * constituency * constitution * constitutional ----

    constituted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (constitute)

    • constitute

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (constitut)
  • To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority.
  • To make up; to compose; to form.
  • * Johnson
    • Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction.
  • To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
  • * William Wordsworth
    • Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.

    Synonyms

    * establish, enact * make up, compose, form

    Related terms

    * constituent * constituency * constitution * constitutional * constitutionalization * constitutive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An established law.
    • (Webster 1913)

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