institute

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An organization set up for a particular purpose, especially research, education, or a profession.

   She works at a medical research institute.

2. 2
   verb

   To start or introduce something such as a system, rule, or process.

   The school instituted a new dress code.

From Middle English, from Latin īnstitūtus, past participle of īnstituō (“to set up, place upon, purpose, begin, institute”), from in (“in, on”) + statuō (“set up, establish”).

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