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Institute   /ˈɪnstətˌut/   Listen
noun
Institute  n.  
1.
The act of instituting; institution. (Obs.) "Water sanctified by Christ's institute."
2.
That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom.
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." "To make the Stoics' institutes thy own."
4.
An institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as, the Institute of Technology; The Massachusetts 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.
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.


verb
Institute  v. t.  (past & past part. instituted; pres. part. 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."
3.
To nominate; to appoint. (Obs.) "We institute your Grace To be our regent in these parts of France."
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."
5.
To ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to educate; to instruct. (Obs.) "If children were early instituted, knowledge would insensibly insinuate itself."
6.
(Eccl. Law) To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.
Synonyms: To originate; begin; commence; establish; found; erect; organize; appoint; ordain.


adjective
Institute  adj.  Established; organized; founded. (Obs.) "They have but few laws. For to a people so instruct and institute, very few to suffice."





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... German troops for service in France, but the calamities that overtook them on the French front were so destructive that insufficient man power was left to take care of the southeastern fronts, so that Serbia was enabled to institute a new offensive, and with the aid of Greece, in a few days cut Bulgaria out of the German horde, pressed forward in Serbia, and pushed ahead through the Balkan regions. Meanwhile American strength was greatly augumented in the west and at the ...
— America's War for Humanity • Thomas Herbert Russell
... circumstances, as they were related to Sergeant Bulmer, when he was first called in to discover the guilty parties, and, if possible, to recover the lost bank-notes. The strictest inquiry which he could institute failed of producing the smallest fragment of evidence against any of the persons on whom suspicion naturally fell. Their language and behavior, on being informed of the robbery, was perfectly consistent with the ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, April, 1858 • Various
... Journal of Education: "Although we have given place in our book-notice column to an appreciative mention of the volume, 'Development Lessons,' a new reading seems to call for a new commendation of this admirable guide to teachers. Mr. DeGraff needs no special 'boom' as a first-class institute man, and his extracts of lectures in Part III. sparkle with valuable suggestions. In no published work is Col. Parker really seen to such advantage as in the 'reports of conversations' with him in Part II., which can be studied with profit by every teacher. ...
— Object Lessons on the Human Body - A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City • Sarah F. Buckelew and Margaret W. Lewis
... seem, however, that there are some precedents, such, for example, as the Institute of France, in which the body electing to the vacancies that occur within it keeps up a very high character, and enjoys a great reputation?—There are many such precedents; and, as every such body for its own honor must sometimes call ...
— On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) - A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature • John Ruskin
... mitkals of gold from the treasure of Sunni Ali. He scattered this treasure in the holy places, at the tomb of the Prophet in Medina, and at the sacred mosque at Mecca. In the latter town he bought gardens and established a charitable institute for the people of the Sudan. This place is well known in Mecca, and cost five ...
— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 • Various


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