substitutive adjective. ['sʌbstɪtju:tɪv] E17.
[Partly from Latin substitutivus, formed as SUBSTITUTE verb, partly directly from SUBSTITUTE verb: see -IVE.]
1. Belonging to, characteristic of, or involving the appointment of a substitute or deputy. E-M17.

2. Taking the place of something else. M17.

3. Logic. = CONDITIONAL adjective 2. Now rare or obsolete. M17.

4. Theology. Involving a theory of sacrificial substitution. M19.

5. Law. Dependent on a legal substitution or designation of heirs in remainder. M19.

■ substitutively adverb (rare) vicariously L19.

■ substitu'tivity noun (Logic) the capacity of terms to function as logically equivalent substitutes for one another M20.

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