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.

Simplified etymology

Institute entered English in the Middle English period through the Latin word family of statuere “set up, place.” It originally referred to something set up or established.

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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