INSTITUTE
\ˈɪnstɪtjˌuːt], \ˈɪnstɪtjˌuːt], \ˈɪ_n_s_t_ɪ_t_j_ˌuː_t]\
Definitions of INSTITUTE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Established; organized; founded.
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To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc.
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To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society.
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To nominate; to appoint.
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To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit.
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To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.
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The act of instituting; institution.
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That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom.
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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.
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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.
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The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.
By Oddity Software
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Established; organized; founded.
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To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc.
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To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society.
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To nominate; to appoint.
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To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit.
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To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.
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The act of instituting; institution.
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That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom.
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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.
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The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.
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An institution; a society established for the promotion of learning, art, science, etc.; a college; as, the of Technology; also, a building owned or occupied by such an institute; as, the Cooper Institute.
By Noah Webster.
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To establish; set up; fix; originate; set in operation; as, to institute a new custom.
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Established law; a maxim or principle; scientific or literary society; a building for the work of advancing science, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To set up in: to erect: to originate: to establish: to appoint: to commence: to educate.
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Anything instituted or formally established: established law: precept or principle: a book of precepts or principles: an institution: a literary and philosophical society.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Any thing instituted ; established law; settled order,—precept; maxim; principle; —an institution ; a literary or philosophical society; pl. A book of elements or principles ; a treatise ; a commentary—applied to certain standard works in theology, medicine, and jurisprudence.
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