/keuhn stay"tiv/ , Philos., Ling.
adj.
1. (of an utterance) describing a state of affairs; making a statement that can be said to be true or false.
n.
2. a constative utterance. Cf. performative .
[ 1900-05; prob. constat ( er ) to affirm, verify (appar. v. deriv. of L constat (it) is apparent, 3d sing. pres. of constare; cf. CONSTANT) + -IVE ]