institute

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: in=sti=tute

CIDE DICTIONARY

institute, p. a. [L. institutus, p. p. of instituere to place in, to institute, to instruct; pref. in- in + statuere to cause to stand, to set. See Statute.].

 Established; organized; founded.  [1913 Webster]
"They have but few laws. For to a people so instruct and institute, very few to suffice."  [1913 Webster]

institute, v. t. 

•  To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc.  [1913 Webster]
•  To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society.  [1913 Webster]

  "Whenever any from of government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government."  [1913 Webster]
•  To nominate; to appoint.  [1913 Webster]

  "We institute your Grace
  To be our regent in these parts of France."  [1913 Webster]
•  To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit.  [1913 Webster]

  "And haply institute
  A course of learning and ingenious studies."  [1913 Webster]
•  To ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to educate; to instruct.  [1913 Webster]

  "If children were early instituted, knowledge would insensibly insinuate itself."  [1913 Webster]
•  To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.  Blackstone.

Syn. -- To originate; begin; commence; establish; found; erect; organize; appoint; ordain.

institute, n. [L. institutum: cf. F. institut. See Institute, v. t. & a.].

•  The act of instituting; institution.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]
•  That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom.  Glover.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "They made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy."  [1913 Webster]

  "To make the Stoics' institutes thy own."  [1913 Webster]
•  An institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as, the Institute of Technology; The Massachusetts Institute of Technology; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute; as, the Cooper Institute.  [1913 Webster]
•  The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.  Tomlins.  [1913 Webster]

Institutes of medicine, theoretical medicine; that department of medical science which attempts to account philosophically for the various phenomena of health as well as of disease; physiology applied to the practice of medicine. Dunglison.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

institute, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a society or organization for the promotion of science, education, etc. b a building used by an institute.
2 Law (usu. in pl.) a digest of the elements of a legal subject (Institutes of Justinian).
3 a principle of instruction.
4 US a brief course of instruction for teachers etc.
--v.tr.
1 establish; found.
2 a initiate (an inquiry etc.). b begin (proceedings) in a court.
3 (usu. foll. by to, into) appoint (a person) as a cleric in a church etc.

Etymology

ME f. L institutum design, precept, neut. past part. of instituere establish, arrange, teach (as IN-(2), statuere set up)

THESAURUS

institute

Schule, academy, alliance, association, author, bear, beget, begin, breed, bring about, bring forth, bring to effect, bring to pass, bring up, broach, cause, christen, commence, conceive, constitute, create, decree, decretum, do, ecole, edict, educational institution, effect, effectuate, engender, escuela, establish, establishment, father, float, form, found, foundation, generate, gestate, give birth to, give occasion to, give origin to, give rise to, guild, inaugurate, incept, induct, initiate, install, institution, introduce, launch, law, league, lift up, make, materialize, occasion, ordinance, organization, organize, originate, pioneer, precept, prescript, produce, raise, realize, regulation, ring in, rule, scholastic institution, school, seminary, set afloat, set agoing, set on foot, set up, sire, society, start, start going, start up, statute, teaching institution, turn on, usher in, work

ROGET THESAURUS

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Party

N party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set, crew, band, horde, posse, phalanx, family, clan, team, tong, council, community, body, fellowship, sodality, solidarity, confraternity, familistere, familistery, brotherhood, sisterhood, knot, gang, clique, ring, circle, group, crowd, in-crowd, coterie, club, casino, machine, Tammany, Tammany Hall, corporation, corporate body, guild, establishment, company, copartnership, partnership, firm, house, joint concern, joint-stock company, cahoot, combine, trust, society, association, institute, institution, union, trades union, league, syndicate, alliance, Verein, Bund, Zollverein, combination, Turnverein, league offensive and defensive, alliance offensive and defensive, coalition, federation, confederation, confederacy, junto, cabal, camarilla, camorra, brigue, freemasonry, party spirit, Confederates, Conservatives, Democrats, Federalists, Federals, Freemason, Knight Templar, Kuklux, Kuklux Klan, KKK, Liberals, Luddites, Republicans, Socialists, Tories, Whigs staff, dramatis personae, in league, in partnership, in alliance, bonded together, banded together, linked, joined together, embattled, confederated, federative, joint, hand in hand, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, en masse, in the same boat.

Cause

VB be the cause of, originate, give origin to, give rise, to, give occasion to, cause, occasion, sow the seeds of, kindle, suscitate, bring on, bring to bring pass, bring about, produce, create, set up, set afloat, set on foot, found, broach, institute, lay the foundation of, lie at the root of, procure, induce, draw down, open the door to, superinduce, evoke, entail, operate, elicit, provoke, conduce to, contribute, have a hand in the pie, have a finger in the pie, determine, decide, turn the scale, have a common origin, derive its origin.

Production

VB produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture, weave, forge, coin, carve, chisel, build, raise, edify, rear, erect, put together, set up, run up, establish, constitute, compose, organize, institute, achieve, accomplish, flower, bear fruit, fructify, teem, ean, yean, farrow, drop, pup, kitten, kindle, bear, lay, whelp, bring forth, give birth to, lie in, be brought to bed of, evolve, pullulate, usher into the world, make productive, create, beget, get, generate, fecundate, impregnate, procreate, progenerate, propagate, engender, bring into being, call into being, bring into existence, breed, hatch, develop, bring up, induce, superinduce, suscitate, cause, acquire.

School

N school, academy, university, alma mater, college, seminary, Lyceum, institute, institution, palaestra, Gymnasium, class, seminar, day school, boarding school, preparatory school, primary school, infant school, dame's school, grammar school, middle class school, Board school, denominational school, National school, British and Foreign school, collegiate school, art school, continuation school, convent school, County Council school, government school, grant-in-aid school, high school, higher grade school, military school, missionary school, naval school, naval academy, state-aided school, technical school, voluntary school, school, school of art, kindergarten, nursery, creche, reformatory, pulpit, lectern, soap box desk, reading desk, ambo, lecture room, theater, auditorium, amphitheater, forum, state, rostrum, platform, hustings, tribune, school book, horn book, text book, grammar, primer, abecedary, rudiments, manual, vade mecum, encyclopedia, cyclopedia, Lindley Murray, Cocker, dictionary, lexicon, professorship, lectureship, readership, fellowship, tutorship, chair, School Board Council of Education, Board of Education, Board of Studies, Prefect of Studies, Textbook Committee, propaganda, scholastic, academic, collegiate, educational, ex cathedra.