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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Institute \In"sti*tute\, p. a. [L. institutus p. p. of instituere to place in to institute, to instruct; pref. in- in + statuere to cause to stand to set See {Statute}.] Established; organized; founded. [Obs.] They have but few laws. For to a people so instruct and institute, very few to suffice. --Robynson (More's Utopia). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Institute \In"sti*tute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Instituted}; p. pr & vb n. {Instituting}.] 1. To set up to establish; to ordain; as to institute laws, rules etc 2. To originate and establish; to found to organize; as to institute a court, or a society. Whenever any from of government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it and to institute a new government. --Jefferson (Decl. of Indep. ). 3. To nominate; to appoint. [Obs.] We institute your Grace To be our regent in these parts of France. --Shak. 4. To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit. And haply institute A course of learning and ingenious studies. --Shak. 5. To ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to educate; to instruct. [Obs.] If children were early instituted, knowledge would insensibly insinuate itself --Dr. H. More 6. (Eccl. Law) To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls. --Blackstone. Syn: To originate; begin; commence; establish; found erect; organize; appoint; ordain. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Institute \In"sti*tute\, n. [L. institutum: cf F. institut. See {Institute}, v. t. & a.] 1. The act of instituting; institution. [Obs.] ``Water sanctified by Christ's institute.'' --Milton. 2. That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom. --Glover. 3. Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf {Digest}, n. They made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy. --Burke. To make the Stoics' institutes thy own --Dryden. 4. An institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as the Institute of Technology; also a building owned or occupied by such an institute; as the Cooper Institute. 5. (Scots Law) The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation. --Tomlins. {Institutes of medicine}, theoretical medicine; that department of medical science which attempts to account philosophically for the various phenomena of health as well as of disease; physiology applied to the practice of medicine. --Dunglison. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: institute n : an association organized to promote art or science or education v 1: set up or lay the groundwork for "establish a new department" [syn: {establish}, {found}, {plant}, {constitute}] 2: advance or set forth in court; "bring charges", "institute proceedings" [syn: {bring}]
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