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Institute

//ˈɪnstɪt͡ʃuːt// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Established; organized; founded. not-comparable, obsolete

    "They have but few laws. For to a people so instruct and institute, very few to suffice."

Noun
  1. 1
    An organization founded to promote a cause

    "I work in a medical research institute."

  2. 2
    an association organized to promote art or science or education wordnet
  3. 3
    An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
  4. 4
    The building housing such an institution.
  5. 5
    The act of instituting; institution. obsolete

    "water sanctified by Christ's institute"

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  1. 6
    That which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law, habit, or custom. obsolete

    "They made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy."

  2. 7
    The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation. Scotland

    "Substitution is the nomination of substituted heirs, who take place, failing the institute."

Verb
  1. 1
    To begin or initiate (something); to found. transitive

    "He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school."

  2. 2
    advance or set forth in court wordnet
  3. 3
    To train, instruct. obsolete, transitive

    "Publius was the first that ever instituted the Souldier to manage his armes by dexteritie and skil, and joyned art unto vertue, not for the use of private contentions, but for the wars and Roman peoples quarrels."

  4. 4
    set up or lay the groundwork for wordnet
  5. 5
    To nominate; to appoint.

    "We institute your Grace / To be our regent in these parts of France."

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  1. 6
    To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.

    "a writ issued to the bishop, to institute the clerk of that patron"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French institut, from Middle French, from Latin īnstitūtum.

Etymology 2

From Middle English, from Latin īnstitūtus, past participle of īnstituō (“I set up, place upon, purpose, begin, institute”), from in (“in, on”) + statuō (“set up, establish”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English, from Latin īnstitūtus, past participle of īnstituō (“I set up, place upon, purpose, begin, institute”), from in (“in, on”) + statuō (“set up, establish”).

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