adj.
Pronunciation: ' kän(t)-st ə - ˌ tü-tiv, - ˌ tyü-; k ə n- ' sti-ch ə -tiv
Function: adjective
Date: 1592
1 : having the power to enact or establish : CONSTRUCTIVE
2 : CONSTITUENT , ESSENTIAL
3 : relating to or dependent on constitution <a constitutive property of all electrolytes>
– con · sti · tu · tive · ly adverb