Institute

['ɪnstɪtjuːt] or ['ɪnstɪtut]

Definition

(noun.) an association organized to promote art or science or education.

(verb.) advance or set forth in court; 'bring charges', 'institute proceedings'.

Checker: Mattie--From WordNet

Definition

(p. a.) Established; organized; founded.

(v. t.) To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc.

(v. t.) To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society.

(v. t.) To nominate; to appoint.

(v. t.) To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit.

(v. t.) To ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to educate; to instruct.

(v. t.) To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.

(a.) The act of instituting; institution.

(a.) That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom.

(a.) 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.

(n.) 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.

(n.) The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.

Edited by Jeremy

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Establish, found, originate, appoint, settle, fix, enact, ordain, set up.[2]. Begin, commence, set in operation.[3]. Invest with a sacred office, invest with the care of souls.

n. [1]. Doctrine, dogma, precept, maxim, principle, tenet.[2]. Scientific body, literary or philosophical society.[3]. School, academy, gymnasium, seminary, place of education.

Typist: Ludwig

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Found, establish, invest, erect, instal, appoint, induct, ordain, originate,begin, form, organize

ANT:Disestablish, subvert, disinvest, degrade, deprive

Typist: Sharif

Definition

v.t. to set up in: to erect: to originate: to establish: to appoint: to commence: to educate.—n. anything instituted or formally established: established law: precept or principle: (pl.) a book of precepts principles or rules esp. in jurisprudence: an institution: a literary and philosophical society or association as the 'Institute of France' (embracing L'Acadé–™ie Fran鏰ise L'Acadé–™ie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres L'Acadé–™ie des Sciences L'Acadé–™ie des Beaux Arts and L'Acadé–™ie des Sciences Morales et Politiques).—n. Institū′tion the act of instituting or establishing: that which is instituted or established: foundation: established order: enactment: a society established for some object: that which institutes or instructs: a system of principles or rules: the origination of the Eucharist and the formula of institution: the act by which a bishop commits a cure of souls to a priest.—adjs. Institū′tional Institū′tionary belonging to an institution: instituted by authority: elementary.—n. In′stitutist a writer of institutes or elementary rules.—adj. In′stitutive able or tending to establish: depending on an institution.—n. In′stitutor one who institutes: an instructor.

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