Instituted

Examples

• 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.
• This course was pursued until the Menlo Park period, when he instituted a new regime that has been continued down to the present day. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Old suits were revived and new ones instituted. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Julius C?sar, 102-44 B.C,instituted a reform of the calendar. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• She instituted regular hours and employments for her, and undertook to teach her to read and sew. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• But he determined to satisfy himself of the real state of the case, and instituted the necessary inquiries in a most cautious and delicate manner. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Allusion has already been made to the auxiliary plant at Liberty Street, a station of 2,000 lights’ capacity which was instituted in 1886. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• For the avoidance of this, holy marriage festivals will be instituted, and their holiness will be in proportion to their usefulness. Plato. The Republic.
• The first inquiries instituted about the Indians showed that they had not so much as attempted to leave the town. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I cannot say that I do unless it were that he wished to be able to deny his signature if an action for breach of promise were instituted. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

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