Sekirov Dictionary

institute

/ˈɪnstɪtjuːt/

noun 6
verb 4
adjective 1
forms 5

noun6

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a group set up to work for a particular goal or cause
- I work in a medical research institute.
An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
The building housing such an institution.
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(Scotland) The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.
- Substitution is the nomination of substituted heirs, who take place, failing the institute. — 1681
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(no longer used) The act of instituting; institution.
- water sanctified by Christ's institute — 1641
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(no longer used) That which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law, habit, or custom.
- They made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy. — 1837

verb4

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To begin or initiate (something); to found.
- He instituted the new policy of having children walk through a metal detector to enter school.
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To nominate; to appoint.
- We institute your Grace / To be our regent in these parts of France. — 1591
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To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.
- a writ issued to the bishop, to institute the clerk of that patron — 1765
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(no longer used) To train, instruct.
- If children were early instituted, knowledge would insensibly insinuate itself. — 1684

adjective1

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(no longer used) Established; organized; founded.
- They have but few laws. For to a people so instruct and institute, very few to suffice. — 1551

forms

instituted · instituting · institutes · instituteth · institutest

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