Institute(a.) The act of instituting; institution.
Institute(a.) That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom.
Institute(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.
Institute(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.
Institute(n.) The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.
Institute(p. a.) Established; organized; founded.
Institute(v. t.) To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc.
Institute(v. t.) To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society.
Institute(v. t.) To nominate; to appoint.
Institute(v. t.) To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit.
Institute(v. t.) To ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to educate; to instruct.
Institute(v. t.) To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.
Instituted(imp. & p. p.) of Institute
Instituter(n.) An institutor.
Instituting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Institute
Institution(n.) The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.
Institution(n.) Instruction; education.
Institution(n.) The act or ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiritual part of a benefice, by which the care of souls is committed to his charge.
Institution(n.) That which instituted or established
Institution(n.) Established order, method, or custom; enactment; ordinance; permanent form of law or polity.
Institution(n.) An established or organized society or corporation; an establishment, especially of a public character, or affecting a community; a foundation; as, a literary institution; a charitable institution; also, a building or the buildings occupied or used by such organization; as, the Smithsonian Institution.
Institution(n.) Anything forming a characteristic and persistent feature in social or national life or habits.
Institution(n.) That which institutes or instructs; a textbook; a system of elements or rules; an institute.
Institutional(a.) Pertaining to, or treating of, institutions; as, institutional legends.
Institutional(a.) Instituted by authority.
Institutional(a.) Elementary; rudimental.
Institutive(a.) Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish.
Institutive(a.) Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order.
Institutively(adv.) In conformity with an institution.
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