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.
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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 Frané°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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Examples
- Its first public exhibition was about the latter part of January, 1878, before the Polytechnic Association of the American Institute, at New York. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In the building of the Cooper Institute in New York City in 1857 he was the first to employ such beams with brick arches to support the floors. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is as an inventor that he sets himself down in the membership list of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He sent a model of this to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers at Birmingham, of which he was president, together with a report describing it in full. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Karkov said after this was over I could go to the Lenin Institute in Moscow if I wanted to. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In 1905 the Carnegie Institute granted him $10,000 yearly for ten years to continue his work. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The next step was to divide the region into a number of sub-districts and institute a house-to-house canvass to ascertain precisely the data and conditions pertinent to the project. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- For the latter procedure institutes an artificial separation in the pupils' experience. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I wouldn't give a penny for the ordinary college graduate, except those from the institutes of technology. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- To promote such improvements was even said to be the chief of the public-spirited purposes for which it was instituted. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Hence a special mode of social intercourse is instituted, the school, to care for such matters. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He wrote himself a history of Alexander's campaigns, and instituted the famous library of Alexandria. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The same result attended the next investigations, which were secretly instituted on the subject of Mrs. Rubelle. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The present universities of Europe were originally, the greater part of them, ecclesiastical corporations, instituted for the education of churchmen. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A sinking fund, though instituted for the payment of old, facilitates very much the contracting of new debts. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The first practical use of the gum on a large scale was instituted by Mr. Chaffee in Roxbury, Mass. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- On instituting this inquiry, it turned out that the last person who had set eyes on Rosanna was Nancy, the kitchenmaid. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- They were implements for instituting, conducting, interpreting experimental inquiries and formulating their results. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Thinking is the accurate and deliberate instituting of connections between what is done and its consequences. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- For if a nation declares it has reached its majority by instituting self-government, then it cannot shirk responsibility. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Editor: Monica